diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' e-smith-base-4.18.0/createlinks mezzanine_patched_e-smith-base-4.18.0/createlinks
--- e-smith-base-4.18.0/createlinks	2007-03-26 16:11:58.000000000 -0400
+++ mezzanine_patched_e-smith-base-4.18.0/createlinks	2007-03-26 16:11:34.000000000 -0400
@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@
 
 $event = "post-install";
 
+event_link("rotate_timestamped_logfiles", $event, "05");
 event_link("init-accounts", $event, "05");
 event_link("init-passwords", $event, "10");
 event_link("conf-startup", $event, "10");
@@ -383,6 +384,7 @@
 
 $event = "post-upgrade";
 
+event_link("rotate_timestamped_logfiles", $event, "05");
 event_link("init-accounts", $event, "05");
 event_link("conf-startup", $event, "10");
 event_link("user-lock-passwd", $event, "15");
@@ -491,6 +493,7 @@
 
 $event = "logrotate";
 
+event_link("rotate_timestamped_logfiles", $event, "05");
 event_link("purge-old-logs", $event, "75");
 
 safe_symlink("reload", "root/etc/e-smith/events/$event/services2adjust/syslog");
diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' e-smith-base-4.18.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/rotate_timestamped_logfiles mezzanine_patched_e-smith-base-4.18.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/rotate_timestamped_logfiles
--- e-smith-base-4.18.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/rotate_timestamped_logfiles	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ mezzanine_patched_e-smith-base-4.18.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/rotate_timestamped_logfiles	2007-03-26 15:50:34.000000000 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#! /usr/bin/perl -w
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# copyright (C) 2003-2007 Mitel Networks Corporation
+# 
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+# 		
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+# 		
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307  USA
+# 
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+use strict;
+use File::Find;
+use File::Copy;
+
+sub setup_logfile_symlink;
+
+my $event = shift or die "Event name is required\n";
+
+my $logfile_dir = "/etc/e-smith/events/$event/logfiles2timestamp";
+if (-d $logfile_dir)
+{
+    # Prepare log rotation if required
+    chdir $logfile_dir or die "Could not chdir to $logfile_dir: $!\n";;
+    find({
+	    no_chdir => 1,
+	    follow => 0,
+	    wanted => \&setup_logfile_symlink,
+	    },
+	    '.'
+	);
+}
+
+exit 0;
+
+sub setup_logfile_symlink
+{
+    return unless -f $_;
+    s/^\.//;
+    my $filename = $_;
+
+    # Set up filenames to be used by syslog. We first set up symlinks
+    # with known names, then use the value of the symlink when we
+    # expand the configuration files
+    my $time = time();
+
+    if (-f "${filename}" and ! -l "${filename}")
+    {
+	my ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year) = localtime($time - 1);
+	my $target = sprintf("%s.%04d%02d%02d%02d%02d%02d",
+	    $filename, $year+1900, $mon+1, $mday, $hour, $min, $sec);
+	move("${filename}", "${target}") or
+	    die "Could not move ${filename} to " .
+		"${target}";
+    }
+    my ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year) = localtime($time);
+    my $target = sprintf("%s.%04d%02d%02d%02d%02d%02d",
+	$filename, $year+1900, $mon+1, $mday, $hour, $min, $sec);
+
+    if (-l "${filename}")
+    {
+	unlink("${filename}") or
+	    warn "Could not unlink ${filename}";
+    }
+    symlink("${target}", "${filename}") or
+	warn "Could not symlink ${target} to ${filename}";
+}