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   Carlos E.R. to All   
   Re: ever had 1GB+ kern.log (and syslog)    
   20 Jan 26 02:39:11   
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-01-20 00:24, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Mon, 19 Jan 2026 22:46:49 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >   
   >> However, I do have problems with eliminating from the log the hugely   
   >> verbose news facility, mail facility, and authpriv. With the   
   >> concoction I have, some parts disappear, because they are not   
   >> assigned any facility.   
   >   
   > Is that really such a big deal, collecting a few gigabytes of extra   
   > messages that you don’t want? They shouldn’t slow down journal access,   
   > and can be easily filtered out on queries.   
      
   You miss the context. I was reporting a bugzilla. The attachment to   
   bugzilla have limited size, a few megabytes, and besides, the verborrea   
   of news make more difficult to trace an issue to developers. I also   
   remove mail because they are private stuff.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
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