Re: Is this normal? /var/log/messages is ~730 MB

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Maxim Cournoyer <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> 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