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 ---- On Wed, 12 Feb 2020 21:09:34 -0500 Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@g=
mail.com> wrote ----
 > Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
 >=20
 > > Hi,
 > >
 > > Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> skribis:
 > >
 > >> Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> writes:
 > >
 > > [...]
 > >
 > >>>> 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 b=
ox.
 > >> I think it's a sane default to have a log rotation service enabled.
 > >
 > > Alternately, what about adding =E2=80=98rottlog-service-type=E2=80=99 =
to
 > > =E2=80=98%base-services=E2=80=99?  That=E2=80=99ll pull in mcron, but =
I guess that=E2=80=99s OK.
 > >
 > > Thoughts?
 >=20
 > That's an even better idea, in my opinion.

I'd like that too.