From 3ad699cc65dc55d4329a59a5f621ac4dadaa0fc5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard van der Hoff <1389908+richvdh@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 14:52:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix generate_log_config script (#8952)

It used to write an empty file if you gave it a -o arg.
---
 changelog.d/8952.misc       | 1 +
 scripts/generate_log_config | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 changelog.d/8952.misc

diff --git a/changelog.d/8952.misc b/changelog.d/8952.misc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c4a87464
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/8952.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix bug in `generate_log_config` script which made it write empty files.
diff --git a/scripts/generate_log_config b/scripts/generate_log_config
index b6957f48a..a13a5634a 100755
--- a/scripts/generate_log_config
+++ b/scripts/generate_log_config
@@ -40,4 +40,6 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     )
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
-    args.output_file.write(DEFAULT_LOG_CONFIG.substitute(log_file=args.log_file))
+    out = args.output_file
+    out.write(DEFAULT_LOG_CONFIG.substitute(log_file=args.log_file))
+    out.flush()