Bug 105539

Summary:	app-admin/logrotate should be installed by default
Product:	[OLD] Docs-user	Reporter:	simon <csimonut>
Component:	Gentoo Linux x86 Installation Guide	Assignee:	Docs Team <docs-team>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description simon 2005-09-10 14:20:56 UTC

Large logfiles are a common problem. I always forget to install logrotate for
this purpose and probably others do. I think, the package logrotate should be
installed by default on a gentoo-linux installation.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. install gentoo
2. forget to emerge app-admin/logrotate
3. wait for large logfiles

Actual Results:  
logfiles become bigger and bigger

Comment 1 simon 2005-09-10 14:28:05 UTC

By default I actually mean, it should be added to the documentation in the
section of "system tools"
(http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=9#doc_chap2).

Comment 2 Flammie Pirinen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-09-10 15:49:20 UTC

Umm, doesn't the chapter you linked already say:
"If you plan on using sysklogd or syslog-ng you might want to install logrotate
afterwards as those system loggers don't provide any rotation mechanism for the
log files."

Comment 3 simon 2005-09-10 22:48:37 UTC

Sorry, I must have missed that sentence.