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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: More systemdCrap
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 14:51:14 +0000
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On 11/03/2025 12:23, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> On 2025-03-11 00:33, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Mon, 10 Mar 2025 23:17:40 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>
>>> On 2025-03-10 21:53, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Don't want not to log. Want to look at the logs, clear the problem and
>>>> delete the debug log as its now enormous
>>>
>>> That's impossible to do, by intentional design.
>>
>> <https://manpages.debian.org/journalctl(1)>:
>>
>>      --rotate
> 
> Yes. This remove content from the end of the files. What you can not do 
> is remove content from the middle of the files. Specifically remove some 
> content and leave intact other content. This is forbidden in the design 
> of the systemd journal, the developers refuse to do it.
> 
> 
That's cos they are lazy arrogant shits

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