GNU bug report logs - #47353
Numbered backups also need kept-new-versions else will grow out of control

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 23:44:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Merged with 47352

Done: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #26 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>
Cc: Coreutils <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>, Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Subject: Re: bug#47353: Numbered backups also need kept-new-versions else
 will grow out of control
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 06:43:29 -0700

On 2021/03/23 16:43, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Or (info "(coreutils) Backup options") should "admit" that "Numbered
> backups need to be trimmed occasionally by the user, lest the fill up
> the disk."
>   
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Perhaps a scheme, similar, or duplicating that in logrotate would
be useful where older versions can be limited by count and/or age?
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