* Is this normal? /var/log/messages is ~730 MB
@ 2020-01-11 23:17 sirgazil
2020-01-12 1:04 ` Gábor Boskovits
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From: sirgazil @ 2020-01-11 23:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Guix Help
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?
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* Re: Is this normal? /var/log/messages is ~730 MB
2020-01-11 23:17 Is this normal? /var/log/messages is ~730 MB sirgazil
@ 2020-01-12 1:04 ` Gábor Boskovits
2020-01-12 1:09 ` sirgazil
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From: Gábor Boskovits @ 2020-01-12 1:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: sirgazil; +Cc: Guix Help
sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> 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?
>
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> https://sirgazil.bitbucket.io/
>
>
>
>
>
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* Re: Is this normal? /var/log/messages is ~730 MB
2020-01-12 1:04 ` Gábor Boskovits
@ 2020-01-12 1:09 ` sirgazil
2020-01-12 8:38 ` Gábor Boskovits
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From: sirgazil @ 2020-01-12 1:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: "Gábor Boskovits"; +Cc: Guix Help
---- On Sat, 11 Jan 2020 20:04:25 -0500 Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com> wrote ----
> sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> 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.
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* Re: Is this normal? /var/log/messages is ~730 MB
2020-01-12 1:09 ` sirgazil
@ 2020-01-12 8:38 ` Gábor Boskovits
2020-01-12 10:42 ` Ricardo Wurmus
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From: Gábor Boskovits @ 2020-01-12 8:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: sirgazil; +Cc: Guix Help
sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> ezt írta (időpont: 2020. jan. 12., V, 2:09):
>
> ---- On Sat, 11 Jan 2020 20:04:25 -0500 Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com> wrote ----
> > sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> 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?
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* Re: Is this normal? /var/log/messages is ~730 MB
2020-01-12 8:38 ` Gábor Boskovits
@ 2020-01-12 10:42 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-01-12 11:37 ` Gábor Boskovits
2020-01-12 19:03 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2020-01-12 15:14 ` sirgazil
2020-01-20 22:44 ` sirgazil
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From: Ricardo Wurmus @ 2020-01-12 10:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-guix
Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com> writes:
> sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> ezt írta (időpont: 2020. jan. 12., V, 2:09):
>>
>> ---- On Sat, 11 Jan 2020 20:04:25 -0500 Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com> wrote ----
>> > sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> 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?
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Ricardo
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* Re: Is this normal? /var/log/messages is ~730 MB
2020-01-12 10:42 ` Ricardo Wurmus
@ 2020-01-12 11:37 ` Gábor Boskovits
2020-01-12 19:03 ` Maxim Cournoyer
1 sibling, 0 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Gábor Boskovits @ 2020-01-12 11:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ricardo Wurmus; +Cc: help-guix
Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> ezt írta (időpont: 2020. jan. 12.,
V, 11:42):
>
>
> Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> ezt írta (időpont: 2020. jan. 12., V, 2:09):
> >>
> >> ---- On Sat, 11 Jan 2020 20:04:25 -0500 Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com> wrote ----
> >> > sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> 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?
I believe we should. Most distro do that, so that is what the user
expects, I guess.
>
> --
> Ricardo
>
>
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* Re: Is this normal? /var/log/messages is ~730 MB
2020-01-12 8:38 ` Gábor Boskovits
2020-01-12 10:42 ` Ricardo Wurmus
@ 2020-01-12 15:14 ` sirgazil
2020-01-20 22:44 ` sirgazil
2 siblings, 0 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: sirgazil @ 2020-01-12 15:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: "Gábor Boskovits"; +Cc: Guix Help
---- On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 03:38:55 -0500 Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com> wrote ----
> sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> ezt írta (időpont: 2020. jan. 12., V, 2:09):
> >
> > ---- On Sat, 11 Jan 2020 20:04:25 -0500 Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com> wrote ----
> > > sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> 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?
I imported the admin module from gnu services, added the rottlog service and reconfigured the system. I didn't import the mcron service nor the base and idutils packages shown in the example. Is that right?
Thanks, Gábor.
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* Re: Is this normal? /var/log/messages is ~730 MB
2020-01-12 10:42 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-01-12 11:37 ` Gábor Boskovits
@ 2020-01-12 19:03 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2020-02-12 14:01 ` Ludovic Courtès
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From: Maxim Cournoyer @ 2020-01-12 19:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ricardo Wurmus; +Cc: help-guix
Hello,
Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> writes:
> Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> ezt írta (időpont: 2020. jan. 12., V, 2:09):
>>>
>>> ---- On Sat, 11 Jan 2020 20:04:25 -0500 Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com> wrote ----
>>> > sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> 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
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* Re: Is this normal? /var/log/messages is ~730 MB
2020-01-12 8:38 ` Gábor Boskovits
2020-01-12 10:42 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-01-12 15:14 ` sirgazil
@ 2020-01-20 22:44 ` sirgazil
2020-01-20 23:07 ` Gábor Boskovits
2 siblings, 1 reply; 13+ messages in thread
From: sirgazil @ 2020-01-20 22:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: "Gábor Boskovits"; +Cc: Guix Help
---- On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 03:38:55 -0500 Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com> wrote ----
> sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> ezt írta (időpont: 2020. jan. 12., V, 2:09):
> >
> > ---- On Sat, 11 Jan 2020 20:04:25 -0500 Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com> wrote ----
> > > sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> 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?
I've been using log rotation for a week now and it seems to be working alright. Logs are rotating :)
Thank, Gábor.
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* Re: Is this normal? /var/log/messages is ~730 MB
2020-01-20 22:44 ` sirgazil
@ 2020-01-20 23:07 ` Gábor Boskovits
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From: Gábor Boskovits @ 2020-01-20 23:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: sirgazil; +Cc: Guix Help
Ok, thanks!
sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> ezt írta (időpont: 2020. jan. 20., H, 23:44):
>
> ---- On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 03:38:55 -0500 Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com> wrote ----
> > sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> ezt írta (időpont: 2020. jan. 12., V, 2:09):
> > >
> > > ---- On Sat, 11 Jan 2020 20:04:25 -0500 Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com> wrote ----
> > > > sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> 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?
>
> I've been using log rotation for a week now and it seems to be working alright. Logs are rotating :)
>
> Thank, Gábor.
>
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* Re: Is this normal? /var/log/messages is ~730 MB
2020-01-12 19:03 ` Maxim Cournoyer
@ 2020-02-12 14:01 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-02-13 2:09 ` Maxim Cournoyer
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From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2020-02-12 14:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Maxim Cournoyer; +Cc: help-guix
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 ‘rottlog-service-type’ to
‘%base-services’? That’ll pull in mcron, but I guess that’s OK.
Thoughts?
Ludo’.
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* Re: Is this normal? /var/log/messages is ~730 MB
2020-02-12 14:01 ` Ludovic Courtès
@ 2020-02-13 2:09 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2020-02-13 12:49 ` sirgazil
0 siblings, 1 reply; 13+ messages in thread
From: Maxim Cournoyer @ 2020-02-13 2:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ludovic Courtès; +Cc: help-guix
Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
> 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 ‘rottlog-service-type’ to
> ‘%base-services’? That’ll pull in mcron, but I guess that’s OK.
>
> Thoughts?
That's an even better idea, in my opinion.
Maxim
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* Re: Is this normal? /var/log/messages is ~730 MB
2020-02-13 2:09 ` Maxim Cournoyer
@ 2020-02-13 12:49 ` sirgazil
0 siblings, 0 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: sirgazil @ 2020-02-13 12:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Maxim Cournoyer; +Cc: "Ludovic Courtès", help-guix
---- On Wed, 12 Feb 2020 21:09:34 -0500 Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> wrote ----
> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>
> > 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 ‘rottlog-service-type’ to
> > ‘%base-services’? That’ll pull in mcron, but I guess that’s OK.
> >
> > Thoughts?
>
> That's an even better idea, in my opinion.
I'd like that too.
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