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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2022-07-31 18:32:13 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2022-08-01 00:02:04 +0200
commite5a6900baf758a12024283171bf45f2fe90121ee (patch)
tree9a2a8b12e9e956d6997bc67ae4fee93c72931e2f
parentbfe3fdbc75a1412ccac46fc2ca750fa42e7f70fe (diff)
downloadguix-e5a6900baf758a12024283171bf45f2fe90121ee.tar.gz
services: rottlog: Keep important /var/log files for 16 weeks.
The default "rotate" value is 1 as of rottlog 0.72.2, meaning that only
one rotated file would be kept in addition to the active file.

* gnu/services/admin.scm (%default-rotations): Add "rotate" option for
%ROTATED-FILES.
-rw-r--r--gnu/services/admin.scm5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/admin.scm b/gnu/services/admin.scm
index 0b4ecaeb83..6951c7a9fd 100644
--- a/gnu/services/admin.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/admin.scm
@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@
   (list (log-rotation                             ;syslog files
          (files %rotated-files)
 
-         (options '(;; Run post-rotate once per rotation
+         (frequency 'weekly)
+         (options '(;; These files are worth keeping for a few weeks.
+                    "rotate 16"
+                    ;; Run post-rotate once per rotation
                     "sharedscripts"
                     ;; Append .gz to rotated files
                     "storefile @FILENAME.@COMP_EXT"))