Package: mysql-server-4.1 Version: 4.1.15-1 Severity: important
I've noticed a behaviour where /var/log/mysql endlessly increases. This has serious consequences on /var becoming full, which is a bad situation. Binary logs seem to be created in default config (why ?... only necessary for special needs ?), rotated and never purged. The value KEEP_BINARY_LOGS is at 0 by default in /etc/mysql/debian-log-rotate.conf The comments in this file state : "A value of 0 disables rotating and is set as default for backward compatibility." I'd suggest that by default, if binary logs have to be used (which is not obvious to me), they should be purged at some time not to fill up the /var. At least this should be explained to the user in README.Debian or something (or configured at installation time). Best regards. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-686 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages mysql-server-4.1 depends on: ii adduser 3.80 Add and remove users and groups ii debconf [debconf 1.4.67 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.3.5-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libdbi-perl 1.48-2 Perl5 database interface by Tim Bu ii libgcc1 1:4.0.2-5 GCC support library ii libmysqlclient14 4.1.15-1 mysql database client library ii libncurses5 5.5-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libreadline5 5.1-5 GNU readline and history libraries ii libstdc++6 4.0.2-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libwrap0 7.6.dbs-8 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra ii mailx 1:8.1.2-0.20050715cvs-1 A simple mail user agent ii mysql-client-4.1 4.1.15-1 mysql database client binaries ii mysql-common 5.0.16-1 mysql database common files (e.g. ii passwd 1:4.0.13-7 change and administer password and ii perl 5.8.7-10 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii psmisc 21.8-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-9 compression library - runtime mysql-server-4.1 recommends no packages. -- debconf information: mysql-server-4.1/start_on_boot: true mysql-server-4.1/postrm_remove_databases: false mysql-server-4.1/really_downgrade: false mysql-server-4.1/nis_warning: * mysql-server-4.1/mysql_install_db_notes: mysql-server-4.1/mysql_update_hints1: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
