Guillaume Rousse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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
Problem is that gzip allows random access, and bzip2 doesn't. This is a big difference. Other problem is that bzip2 is WAY slower in uncompressing than gzip. Guess the decision is whether these two features are important and in which exact circumstances one uses logs, those are questions I don't feel comfident answering. -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
