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Subject: Re: Is this normal? /var/log/messages is ~730 MB
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 15:01:41 +0100
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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 box.
> 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 gue=
ss that=E2=80=99s OK.

Thoughts?

Ludo=E2=80=99.