--- asterisk-1.8.13.0.o/configs/logger.conf.sample	2010-07-26 21:51:39.000000000 +0200
+++ asterisk-1.8.13.0/configs/logger.conf.sample	2012-08-02 15:07:39.231637613 +0200
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 ;queue_log_name = queue_log
 ;
 ; Log rotation strategy:
+; none:  Do not perform any logrotation at all.  You should make
+;        very sure to set up some external logrotate mechanism
+;        as the asterisk logs can get very large, very quickly.
 ; sequential:  Rename archived logs in order, such that the newest
 ;              has the highest sequence number [default].  When
 ;              exec_after_rotate is set, ${filename} will specify
--- asterisk-1.8.13.0.o/main/logger.c	2012-04-30 17:51:12.000000000 +0200
+++ asterisk-1.8.13.0/main/logger.c	2012-08-02 15:42:31.889235766 +0200
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
 static int logger_initialized;
 
 static enum rotatestrategy {
+	NONE = 0,                /* Do not rotate log files at all, instead rely on external mechanisms */
 	SEQUENTIAL = 1 << 0,     /* Original method - create a new file, in order */
 	ROTATE = 1 << 1,         /* Rotate all files, such that the oldest file has the highest suffix */
 	TIMESTAMP = 1 << 2,      /* Append the epoch timestamp onto the end of the archived file */
@@ -384,6 +385,8 @@
 			rotatestrategy = ROTATE;
 		} else if (strcasecmp(s, "sequential") == 0) {
 			rotatestrategy = SEQUENTIAL;
+		} else if (strcasecmp(s, "none") == 0) {
+			rotatestrategy = NONE;
 		} else {
 			fprintf(stderr, "Unknown rotatestrategy: %s\n", s);
 		}
@@ -572,6 +575,9 @@
 	char *suffixes[4] = { "", ".gz", ".bz2", ".Z" };
 
 	switch (rotatestrategy) {
+	case NONE:
+		/* No rotation */
+		break;
 	case SEQUENTIAL:
 		for (x = 0; ; x++) {
 			snprintf(new, sizeof(new), "%s.%d", filename, x);
@@ -762,7 +768,7 @@
 		}
 		if (f->fileptr && (f->fileptr != stdout) && (f->fileptr != stderr)) {
 			int rotate_this = 0;
-			if (ftello(f->fileptr) > 0x40000000) { /* Arbitrarily, 1 GB */
+			if (rotatestrategy != NONE && ftello(f->fileptr) > 0x40000000) { /* Arbitrarily, 1 GB */
 				/* Be more proactive about rotating massive log files */
 				rotate_this = 1;
 			}