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[Dan Streetman <ddstreet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

+ [impact]
+ 
+ attempting to vacuum journals using -D with the 'root' (in journald
+ terms) journal directory fails to perform any vacuuming.  This can lead
+ to journal files continually increasing in size and filling up the
+ filesystem.
+ 
+ [test case]
+ 
+ see original description below.
+ 
+ [regession potential]
+ 
+ this removes a check in the code when iterating journal directories
+ during vacuuming, so any regression would likely occur during vacuuming,
+ possibly causing failure to vacuum.
+ 
+ [scope]
+ 
+ this is fixed upstream by commit
+ c488660e6edb3c1375ab62514a8df035c3d712bf which is included starting in
+ version 244, so this is already included in Focal.  This is needed for
+ Eoan, Bionic, and Xenial.
+ 
+ [original description]
+ 
  systemd has an issue in regard to vacuuming remote journals:
  https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/2376 - this affects 18.04 as
  this version still has this problem.
  
  Steps to reproduce on "Description:     Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS":
  
  root@1:~# du -hs /var/log/journal/remote/
  8.6G	/var/log/journal/remote/
  root@1:~# journalctl -D /var/log/journal/remote --vacuum-size=100M
  root@1:~# du -hs /var/log/journal/remote/
  8.6G	/var/log/journal/remote/
  
  Would it be possible to backport this trivial patch
  https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/13924 into 18.04?

** Also affects: systemd (Ubuntu Xenial)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu Xenial)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu Bionic)
       Status: Confirmed => In Progress

** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu Eoan)
       Status: Confirmed => In Progress

** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu Eoan)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Dan Streetman (ddstreet)

** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu Bionic)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Dan Streetman (ddstreet)

** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu Xenial)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Dan Streetman (ddstreet)

** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu Xenial)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

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Title:
  systemd vacuuming does not work for remote journals

Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in systemd source package in Xenial:
  In Progress
Status in systemd source package in Bionic:
  In Progress
Status in systemd source package in Disco:
  Won't Fix
Status in systemd source package in Eoan:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  [impact]

  attempting to vacuum journals using -D with the 'root' (in journald
  terms) journal directory fails to perform any vacuuming.  This can
  lead to journal files continually increasing in size and filling up
  the filesystem.

  [test case]

  see original description below.

  [regession potential]

  this removes a check in the code when iterating journal directories
  during vacuuming, so any regression would likely occur during
  vacuuming, possibly causing failure to vacuum.

  [scope]

  this is fixed upstream by commit
  c488660e6edb3c1375ab62514a8df035c3d712bf which is included starting in
  version 244, so this is already included in Focal.  This is needed for
  Eoan, Bionic, and Xenial.

  [original description]

  systemd has an issue in regard to vacuuming remote journals:
  https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/2376 - this affects 18.04 as
  this version still has this problem.

  Steps to reproduce on "Description:     Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS":

  root@1:~# du -hs /var/log/journal/remote/
  8.6G	/var/log/journal/remote/
  root@1:~# journalctl -D /var/log/journal/remote --vacuum-size=100M
  root@1:~# du -hs /var/log/journal/remote/
  8.6G	/var/log/journal/remote/

  Would it be possible to backport this trivial patch
  https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/13924 into 18.04?

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