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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2018-01-05 17:15:41 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2018-01-07 23:47:22 +0100
commit29a686688674dc875775305312513405fa396a06 (patch)
tree9e5f286444b8e663f3f99503c8bdc526aeb67c14 /doc
parent896fec476f728183b331cbb6e2afb891207b4205 (diff)
downloadguix-29a686688674dc875775305312513405fa396a06.tar.gz
daemon: Add gzip log compression.
* nix/nix-daemon/guix-daemon.cc (GUIX_OPT_LOG_COMPRESSION): New macro.
(options): Mark "disable-log-compression" as hidden and add
"log-compression".
(parse_opt): Handle GUIX_OPT_LOG_COMPRESSION.
* nix/libstore/build.cc (DerivationGoal): Add 'gzLogFile'.
(openLogFile): Initialize it when 'logCompression' is COMPRESSION_GZIP.
(closeLogFile, handleChildOutput): Honor 'gzLogFile'.
* nix/libstore/globals.hh (Settings)[compressLog]: Remove.
[logCompression]: New field.
(CompressionType): New enum.
* nix/libstore/globals.cc (Settings::Settings): Initialize it.
(update): Remove '_get' call for 'compressLog'.
* nix/local.mk (guix_daemon_LDADD, guix_register_LDADD): Add -lz.
* guix/store.scm (log-file): Handle '.gz' log files.
* tests/guix-daemon.sh: Add test with '--log-compression=gzip'.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-daemon): Adjust accordingly.
* config-daemon.ac: Check for libz and zlib.h.
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index f64f1e0476..ca3f614042 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 @set OPENPGP-SIGNING-KEY-ID 3CE464558A84FDC69DB40CFB090B11993D9AEBB5
 
 @copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Ludovic Courtès@*
+Copyright @copyright{} 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Ludovic Courtès@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2013, 2014, 2016 Andreas Enge@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2013 Nikita Karetnikov@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2014, 2015, 2016 Alex Kost@*
@@ -1235,12 +1235,13 @@ processes to gain access to undeclared dependencies.  It is necessary,
 though, when @command{guix-daemon} is running under an unprivileged user
 account.
 
-@item --disable-log-compression
-Disable compression of the build logs.
+@item --log-compression=@var{type}
+Compress build logs according to @var{type}, one of @code{gzip},
+@code{bzip2}, or @code{none}.
 
 Unless @code{--lose-logs} is used, all the build logs are kept in the
 @var{localstatedir}.  To save space, the daemon automatically compresses
-them with bzip2 by default.  This option disables that.
+them with bzip2 by default.
 
 @item --disable-deduplication
 @cindex deduplication