[gentoo-user] Re: elog default lifespan

[Harry Putnam]

Daniel Campbell  writes:

> On 11/19/2016 04:21 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> Mick  writes:
>> 
>>> On Saturday 19 Nov 2016 08:54:53 Harry Putnam wrote:
 After looking thru the portage man pages, the make.conf.example in
 /usr/share/portage/config, and the `Portage log wiki' it still is not
 clear to me how long elogs are kept if you use the `save' flag in
 make.conf or not.

 I did see something about '7 days' but it was not clear if that is the
 default and `save' over-rides it or what.  Or if there is another flag
 that controls there duration...

 Can anyone throw light on that?
>>>
>>> If you have logrotate then its configuration and associated cron jobs will 
>>> take 
>>> care of that.
>> 
>> What I want to know is if the elog program will do something on its
>> own... I'm wanting to hang on to the logs a good while... I saw
>> something in my readings about the elog system about 7 days... was not
>> clear if that is a defalult or what.
>> 
>> So my fear was losing them even if I am logrotate at them in some
>> capacity. So I'm asking about inside the elog program... what happens
>> to the logs and when.
>> 
>> 
> According to make.conf.example, PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save" creates one
> log per package under $PORT_LOGDIR/elog (/var/log/portage/elog if unset).
>
> What this means is Portage will continue to use whatever path you have
> specified, and it's up to your syslogd or logrotate to determine whether
> those particular logs get deleted.
>
> I suggest looking through /etc/logrotate{.conf,.d/} and grokking things
> to determine how long your elogs will last. On my system, I noticed I
> have /etc/logrotate.d/elog-save-summary, so if you find a file like
> that, it's a good place to start. Without logrotate handling it, I see
> no reason to believe Portage will nix elog output after 7 days.
>

> In case I've missed something, could you link to the page that mentions
> 7 days? I searched through manpages and the wiki but haven't found any
> other "save" option or anything to do with elog and 7 days.

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Portage_log

[About mid page ... But this may not be considered `elogs'... ]  

Next, a number of FEATURES settings influence how Portage handles build logs.

 With binpkg-logs set, even binary package deployments will have their
 logs saved

 When clean-logs is set, regular log file clean operations are
 executed. The command that is executed is defined by PORT_LOGDIR_CLEAN
 and defaults to a retention of the files of 7 days.

 With split-log set, build logs are stored in category-named
 subdirectories of ${PORT_LOGDIR}/build

  When clean-logs is set, Portage will execute the command defined by
  PORT_LOGDIR_CLEAN after every build or unmerge operation. By
  default, the following command is used:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: elog default lifespan

[Daniel Campbell]

On 11/19/2016 04:21 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Mick  writes:
> 
>> On Saturday 19 Nov 2016 08:54:53 Harry Putnam wrote:
>>> After looking thru the portage man pages, the make.conf.example in
>>> /usr/share/portage/config, and the `Portage log wiki' it still is not
>>> clear to me how long elogs are kept if you use the `save' flag in
>>> make.conf or not.
>>>
>>> I did see something about '7 days' but it was not clear if that is the
>>> default and `save' over-rides it or what.  Or if there is another flag
>>> that controls there duration...
>>>
>>> Can anyone throw light on that?
>>
>> If you have logrotate then its configuration and associated cron jobs will 
>> take 
>> care of that.
> 
> What I want to know is if the elog program will do something on its
> own... I'm wanting to hang on to the logs a good while... I saw
> something in my readings about the elog system about 7 days... was not
> clear if that is a defalult or what.
> 
> So my fear was losing them even if I am logrotate at them in some
> capacity. So I'm asking about inside the elog program... what happens
> to the logs and when.
> 
> 
According to make.conf.example, PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save" creates one
log per package under $PORT_LOGDIR/elog (/var/log/portage/elog if unset).

What this means is Portage will continue to use whatever path you have
specified, and it's up to your syslogd or logrotate to determine whether
those particular logs get deleted.

I suggest looking through /etc/logrotate{.conf,.d/} and grokking things
to determine how long your elogs will last. On my system, I noticed I
have /etc/logrotate.d/elog-save-summary, so if you find a file like
that, it's a good place to start. Without logrotate handling it, I see
no reason to believe Portage will nix elog output after 7 days.

In case I've missed something, could you link to the page that mentions
7 days? I searched through manpages and the wiki but haven't found any
other "save" option or anything to do with elog and 7 days.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: elog default lifespan

[Alan McKinnon]

On 20/11/2016 02:21, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Mick  writes:
> 
>> On Saturday 19 Nov 2016 08:54:53 Harry Putnam wrote:
>>> After looking thru the portage man pages, the make.conf.example in
>>> /usr/share/portage/config, and the `Portage log wiki' it still is not
>>> clear to me how long elogs are kept if you use the `save' flag in
>>> make.conf or not.
>>>
>>> I did see something about '7 days' but it was not clear if that is the
>>> default and `save' over-rides it or what.  Or if there is another flag
>>> that controls there duration...
>>>
>>> Can anyone throw light on that?
>>
>> If you have logrotate then its configuration and associated cron jobs will 
>> take 
>> care of that.
> 
> What I want to know is if the elog program will do something on its
> own... I'm wanting to hang on to the logs a good while... I saw
> something in my readings about the elog system about 7 days... was not
> clear if that is a defalult or what.
> 
> So my fear was losing them even if I am logrotate at them in some
> capacity. So I'm asking about inside the elog program... what happens
> to the logs and when.
> 
> 


elog only appends to the log files. If you want rotation etc, use logrotate

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[gentoo-user] Re: elog default lifespan

[Harry Putnam]

Mick  writes:

> On Saturday 19 Nov 2016 08:54:53 Harry Putnam wrote:
>> After looking thru the portage man pages, the make.conf.example in
>> /usr/share/portage/config, and the `Portage log wiki' it still is not
>> clear to me how long elogs are kept if you use the `save' flag in
>> make.conf or not.
>> 
>> I did see something about '7 days' but it was not clear if that is the
>> default and `save' over-rides it or what.  Or if there is another flag
>> that controls there duration...
>> 
>> Can anyone throw light on that?
>
> If you have logrotate then its configuration and associated cron jobs will 
> take 
> care of that.

What I want to know is if the elog program will do something on its
own... I'm wanting to hang on to the logs a good while... I saw
something in my readings about the elog system about 7 days... was not
clear if that is a defalult or what.

So my fear was losing them even if I am logrotate at them in some
capacity. So I'm asking about inside the elog program... what happens
to the logs and when.