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Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> ezt =C3=ADrta (id=C5=91pont: 2020. jan.=
 12.,
V, 11:42):
>
>
> 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 <boskovi=
ts@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/messag=
es 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 in=
staller, 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?

I believe we should. Most distro do that, so that is what the user
expects, I guess.

>
> --
> Ricardo
>
>


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