Exactly! I run apache, postfix, and many other server jobs that do not use metalog, so I too have logrotate installed. Perhaps not a requirement for a desktop only install.
-rdg/TacticalJack On Sun, 2003-12-14 at 07:41, Dennis Freise wrote: > On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 00:10:36 -0800 > Keith Dart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I find it interesting that logrotate is not included in the basic gentoo > > > install (at least at 1.3 I did not get it). Seems like a must have to > > > me! > > > > I think logrotate is a Red Hat thing. However, you can choose to install > > metalog which does log rotation all on its own. > > logrotate originates from Red Hat, but many distros these days have it. I don't > think it's mandatory, because you don't have to log anything at all (well, maybe > that's not what we want *g*). Typing "emerge logrotate" doesn't seem to much > work for me. metalog does a good job at rotating, but not all programs log via > syslog (exim for example does its own logging, squid, apache...). I have > metalog and logrotate installed. -- It is vital to remember that information is not knowledge; that knowledge is not wisdom; and that wisdom is not foresight. - Arthur C Clarke -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
