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

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 ---- On Wed, 12 Feb 2020 21:09:34 -0500 Maxim Cournoyer <address@hidden> wrote 
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 > 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.

I'd like that too.