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G=C3=A1bor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com> writes:

> sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> ezt =C3=ADrta (id=C5=91pont: 2020. jan. 12.,=
 V, 2:09):
>>
>>  ---- On Sat, 11 Jan 2020 20:04:25 -0500 G=C3=A1bor Boskovits <boskovits=
@gmail.com> wrote ----
>>  > sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> ezt =C3=ADrta (id=C5=91pont: 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 i=
s 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 inst=
aller, 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?

--
Ricardo