Control: tags -1 patch On Sat, Feb 01, 2025 at 09:24:31PM +0000, Andrew Bower wrote: > wtmpdb will rotate logs but nothing will prune them (like logrotate would for > other types of log - unfortunately it doesn't fit in well with the wtmpdb > way).
I have come up with a solution whereby a 'prune' systemd unit is chained from the 'rotate' service. This calls into a script to prune logs beyond a configured limit. One can disable the prun unit or edit it to adjust the parameters. Any feedback much appreciated! https://salsa.debian.org/abower/wtmpdb/-/commit/512fa747f9943e1b8b4e7c169dabc1c67c004313 (branch 'log-pruning') One nicety of the old wtmp logrotate config is that it wouldn't even rotate until the log hit 1MB. What do we think of that idea? It seems logical - no point in rotating tiny files!
