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On 11/19/2016 04:21 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: |
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> Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> writes: |
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>> On Saturday 19 Nov 2016 08:54:53 Harry Putnam wrote: |
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>>> After looking thru the portage man pages, the make.conf.example in |
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>>> /usr/share/portage/config, and the `Portage log wiki' it still is not |
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>>> clear to me how long elogs are kept if you use the `save' flag in |
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>>> make.conf or not. |
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>>> I did see something about '7 days' but it was not clear if that is the |
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>>> default and `save' over-rides it or what. Or if there is another flag |
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>>> that controls there duration... |
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>>> Can anyone throw light on that? |
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>> If you have logrotate then its configuration and associated cron jobs will take |
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>> care of that. |
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> What I want to know is if the elog program will do something on its |
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> own... I'm wanting to hang on to the logs a good while... I saw |
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> something in my readings about the elog system about 7 days... was not |
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> clear if that is a defalult or what. |
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> So my fear was losing them even if I am logrotate at them in some |
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> capacity. So I'm asking about inside the elog program... what happens |
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> to the logs and when. |
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According to make.conf.example, PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save" creates one |
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log per package under $PORT_LOGDIR/elog (/var/log/portage/elog if unset). |
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What this means is Portage will continue to use whatever path you have |
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specified, and it's up to your syslogd or logrotate to determine whether |
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those particular logs get deleted. |
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I suggest looking through /etc/logrotate{.conf,.d/} and grokking things |
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to determine how long your elogs will last. On my system, I noticed I |
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have /etc/logrotate.d/elog-save-summary, so if you find a file like |
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that, it's a good place to start. Without logrotate handling it, I see |
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no reason to believe Portage will nix elog output after 7 days. |
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In case I've missed something, could you link to the page that mentions |
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7 days? I searched through manpages and the wiki but haven't found any |
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other "save" option or anything to do with elog and 7 days. |
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