GNU bug report logs - #40945
Rottlog service should create filenames with a '.gz' extension

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From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Rottlog service should create filenames with a '.gz' extension
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 13:36:53 -0400

Currently, the rottlog service in %base-services creates old rotated
logs that are named like "messages.1", "messages.2", etc.

However, these files are compressed with gzip, and gzip refuses to
decompress them until you add '.gz' to the end of the filenames.

I think this should be happening by default but for some reason is
not. rottlog-configuration uses as the default configuration
(file-append rottlog "/etc/rc"), and that file does call for this
extension to be added...

Message #8 received at 40945 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Brice Waegeneire <brice <at> waegenei.re>
To: leo <at> famulari.name
Cc: 40945 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug #40945] Rottlog service should create filenames with a '.gz'
 extension
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 07:43:52 +0000

Hello Leo,

In /etc/rottlog/rc the line “extension="gz"” has for only effect to 
expand
the meta-variable “@COMP_EXT”[0] which isn't used by default. For it to 
be
appended to every rotated log file we need to add the line “storefile
@FILENAME.@COMP_EXT” to /etc/rottlog/weekly, which specify the filename 
for
the rotated log file[1][2]. At least that's what I understand after
skimming through the documentation, I have send a patch[3] but it's
untested.

[0]: 
https://www.gnu.org/software/rottlog/manual/rottlog.html#Mandatory-RC-Variables
[1]: 
https://www.gnu.org/software/rottlog/manual/rottlog.html#Use-of-meta_002dvariables
[2]: 
https://www.gnu.org/software/rottlog/manual/rottlog.html#Configuration-parameters
[3]: https://issues.guix.info/issue/40953

Cheers,
- Brice

Message #13 received at 40945-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Brice Waegeneire <brice <at> waegenei.re>
To: 40945-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Date: Wed, 06 May 2020 09:19:36 +0000

Fixed by ab034adfe86333fccd6afe476806f169e2074d69.

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