From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-01-18 11:43, Richard Kettlewell wrote:   
   > "Carlos E.R."  writes:   
   >> I want to purge from the journal all messages from facility=news,   
   >> level>Warning, age> 7 days. Only those messages. Leave all the rest   
   >> intact.   
   >>   
   >> Doing this goes against the philosophy of the journal, so it is   
   >> intentionally imposible.   
   >   
   > It’s a long-standing TODO[1]. There is also support for multiple   
   > namespaces with different expiry policies, but I suspect it’s not   
   > flexible enought to meet your requirements in a sensible way.   
   >   
   > Anyway, this is not consistent with “intentionally impossible”.  It just   
   > hasn’t been implemented yet.   
      
   I was told it was “intentionally impossible” by people in the know back   
   then.   
      
   >   
   > [1] from https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/TODO#L2454:   
   >   
   >     - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when   
   >       rotating/vacuuming   
      
   Good to know.   
      
      
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