Having a look at my /var/log directory, it appears than the situation
concerning log compression is quite awful:
- many log files use gzip compression, whereas bzip2 is generally far more
efficient
- some log files doesn't even use compression at all (apache, proftpd)
While i understand that log analysis works better out-of-the box with
uncompressed files, this is only an option, whereas space gain is always
interesting.
I'd suggest making bzip2 compression the default, by adding the following
lines in logrotate.conf:
compresscmd bzip2
uncompresscmd bunzip2
And avoiding turning compression of in logrotate.d/conf files, by removing
nocompress directive in packages default configuration files:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] guillaume]$ grep nocompress /etc/logrotate.d/*
/etc/logrotate.d/apache-conf: nocompress
/etc/logrotate.d/proftpd: nocompress
/etc/logrotate.d/xdm: nocompress
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Guillaume Rousse
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-- Murphy's Food Laws n�12
