Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > > > For instance, just because your /var/cache maybe full, do you want to > > arbitrarily purge /var/log files? > > > > Not for an instant do I suggest that such complexity is insurmountable; > > rather, it should be clear that this is far more involved and requires a > > new paradigm, other than: > > > > lrp_SC_DEL_L1="/var/log/*[4-9].gz" > > lrp_SC_DEL_L2="/var/log/*[1-3].gz" > > lrp_SC_DEL_L3="/var/log/*.gz" > > lrp_SC_DEL_L4="/var/log/*.0" > > lrp_SC_DEL_L5="/var/log/wtmp" > > > > Also, do not forget, I do not recommend my solution for its > > completeness; rather, I recommend it because it more accurately > > addresses the *default* DCD distribution, can be done by changing one > > (1) line in the current distribution and does *not* require considerable > > development and testing time. > > I will at least apply the one line fix in the next release. For the future, > I'd like to see support for a configuration directory. There would be some > default entries, while add-on packages could drop entries into the > "/etc/purge.d" (or whatever) directory, with customizations for any large > temporary files the particular package generates.
Do you anticipate that the program (e.g., checkfreespace()) must decide on which filesystem purge-able files reside, or do you see this as a manual, pre-configuration issue for the system administrator? > Long Term: > I'd also like to see the configuration directory approach taken to logrotate > (similar to my RedHat distributions, which already do this), and even inetd > (switch to xinetd?). Using files in a configuration directory makes the > seperation of configuration information into packages much easier, ideally > avoiding any pre/post package install/remove configuration required (or at > least limiting it as much as possible). Yes, this appears reasonable. I do not know these features of Redhat -- is there anything similar on Debian? Anyway this goes, as you know from my latest proposal, I have already done the work to get checkfreespace() to df *all* filesystems. That was very simple. Now, we need to decide on the the management system for purge-able files. Once the line is drawn in the sand, I can develop the infrastructure to make appropriate data available to checkfreespace(). What do you think? -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 888.250.3987 Dare to fix things before they break . . . Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . _______________________________________________ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
