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Re: Is this normal? /var/log/messages is ~730 MB
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Maxim Cournoyer |
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Re: Is this normal? /var/log/messages is ~730 MB |
Date: |
Sun, 12 Jan 2020 14:03:00 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) |
Hello,
Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> writes:
> Gábor Boskovits <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> sirgazil <address@hidden> ezt írta (időpont: 2020. jan. 12., V, 2:09):
>>>
>>> ---- On Sat, 11 Jan 2020 20:04:25 -0500 Gábor Boskovits <address@hidden>
>>> wrote ----
>>> > sirgazil <address@hidden> ezt írta (időpont: 2020. jan. 12., V, 0:18):
>>> > >
>>> > > Hi,
>>> > >
>>> > > Looking for some boot messages, I discovered that /var/log/messages
>>> contains messages since the day I installed the Guix System and the file is
>>> around 730 MB now.
>>> > >
>>> > > Is this normal or should I report this as a bug?
>>> >
>>> > Do you have log rotation configured?
>>>
>>> Not that I know of. I installed the Guix System using the graphical
>>> installer, and I haven't configured anything about logs myself.
>>>
>> Guix System has a log rotation service, described here:
>> https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Log-Rotation.html
>> could you try to configure it, and see if the problem persists?
>
> Should we include it in the examples and select it by default in the
> installer?
+1. I too was surprised to have infinitely growing logs out of the box.
I think it's a sane default to have a log rotation service enabled.
Maxim