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diff --git a/doc/bugs/Log_rotation_loses_large_logs.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Log_rotation_loses_large_logs.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index c38c198b6..000000000 --- a/doc/bugs/Log_rotation_loses_large_logs.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,69 +0,0 @@ -### Please describe the problem. - -I have a large git-annex repository created using the assistant. It has thousands of files in it and is about 50GB in size. -Yesterday I added a number of new files, and I also created a new "removable drive" repository for it to sync to. - -During these operations I could see a large amount of data being added to the git-annex log files. -I left my computer on overnight to finish the sync. - -Today I went to check the log files but there was no useful information in them. - -Looking at the source I suspect I had a single log file > 1 Megabyte in size, which caused the rotation to occur repeatedly until it rolled off the end. -However, I would have preferred if this large logfile had been kept for more than a couple of hours. - -See file contents below - -### What steps will reproduce the problem? - -See above - -### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? - -Debian Wheezy, git-annex version: 5.20140210~bpo70+2 from wheezy-backports - -### Please provide any additional information below. - -[[!format sh """ -# If you can, paste a complete transcript of the problem occurring here. -# If the problem is with the git-annex assistant, paste in .git/annex/daemon.log - -When I look at the log files now, I see the following: --rw-r--r-- 1 pgl users 443 Mar 5 21:48 daemon.log --rw-r--r-- 1 pgl users 443 Mar 5 21:47 daemon.log.1 --rw-r--r-- 1 pgl users 81 Mar 5 01:16 daemon.log.10 --rw-r--r-- 1 pgl users 69 Mar 5 07:29 daemon.log.2 --rw-r--r-- 1 pgl users 81 Mar 5 01:16 daemon.log.3 --rw-r--r-- 1 pgl users 81 Mar 5 01:16 daemon.log.4 --rw-r--r-- 1 pgl users 81 Mar 5 01:16 daemon.log.5 --rw-r--r-- 1 pgl users 81 Mar 5 01:16 daemon.log.6 --rw-r--r-- 1 pgl users 81 Mar 5 01:16 daemon.log.7 --rw-r--r-- 1 pgl users 81 Mar 5 01:16 daemon.log.8 --rw-r--r-- 1 pgl users 81 Mar 5 01:16 daemon.log.9 - -Looking at some of these log files. - -pgl@....:/....../.git/annex$ cat daemon.log.3 -[2014-03-05 01:16:15 GMT] SanityCheckerHourly: Rotated logs due to size: 1026416 -pgl@....:/....../.git/annex$ cat daemon.log.4 -[2014-03-05 01:16:15 GMT] SanityCheckerHourly: Rotated logs due to size: 1026416 -pgl@....:/....../.git/annex$ cat daemon.log.5 -[2014-03-05 01:16:15 GMT] SanityCheckerHourly: Rotated logs due to size: 1026416 -pgl@....:/....../.git/annex$ cat daemon.log.6 -[2014-03-05 01:16:15 GMT] SanityCheckerHourly: Rotated logs due to size: 1026416 -pgl@....:/....../.git/annex$ cat daemon.log.7 -[2014-03-05 01:16:15 GMT] SanityCheckerHourly: Rotated logs due to size: 1026416 -pgl@....:/....../.git/annex$ cat daemon.log.8 -[2014-03-05 01:16:15 GMT] SanityCheckerHourly: Rotated logs due to size: 1026416 -pgl@....:/....../.git/annex$ cat daemon.log.9 -[2014-03-05 01:16:15 GMT] SanityCheckerHourly: Rotated logs due to size: 1026416 - -# End of transcript or log. -"""]] - -> Changed log rotation to only rotate 1 log per hour max, -> unless the total size of the log files is larger than the -> free disk space on the filesystem containing them. -> -> This way, runaway log growth will still be contained, -> but logs will generally rotate slowly enough to give plenty of time -> to see what's in them. [[done]] --[[Joey]] |