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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. 1=
2., 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 insta=
ller, 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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