logging pf in ASCII via syslog -- logs not saved

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i'm using FreeBSD v6.2-RELEASE + pf + pflog.

firewall works great, and i can watch real-time output on
logging_device:pflog0 with,

	tcpdump -tttt -nei pflog0


i'd like to archive & rotate the logs as well, so, following instructions at,

	"Packet Logging Through Syslog"
	http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/logging.html

i've -- supposedly -- setup for pf to log in ASCII to /var/log/pflog.txt etc etc

when i start pf, I see in the logs dir,

  ls -al *pf*
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel  24 Apr 23 13:30 pflog
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel   0 Apr 23 13:20 pflog.txt

which, as time passes, show 'pflog' growing as expected,

  ls -al *pf*
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel 1056 Apr 23 13:45 pflog
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel    0 Apr 23 13:20 pflog.txt

if i exec the /etc/pflogrotate script either manually @ shell, or via
cron, i see,

	reading from file /var/log/pflog5min.200704231347, link-type PFLOG
(OpenBSD pflog file)

but immediately afterwards, checking in the log dir, i see only,

  ls -alt /var/log/*pf*
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel  24 Apr 23 13:48 pflog
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel   0 Apr 23 13:47 pflog.txt

with no trace of the rolled log :-/

if i allow the top of the hour to pass, the newsyslog cron job fires,
after which i see,

  ls -alt /var/log/*pf*
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel  24 Apr 23 14:00 /var/log/pflog
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel  62 Apr 23 14:00 /var/log/pflog.txt
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel  62 Apr 23 14:00 /var/log/pflog.txt.0

where,

  cat /var/log/pflog.txt.0
    Apr 23 14:00:00 router newsyslog[36971]: logfile turned over

bottom line -- i'm not getting my ascii-based pf-logs anywhere.

any suggestions as to what i'm missing would be appreciated :-/

thanks!