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[Bug 1270248] Re: /var/log fills up disk space on phone

To: touch-packages@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 15:00:09 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 1270248 <1270248@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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** Changed in: linux-flo (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: Andy Whitcroft (apw) => (unassigned)

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Title:
  /var/log fills up disk space on phone

Status in android package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in linux-flo package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in linux-mako package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in logrotate package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in lxc-android-config package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The effect of this is that certain important things stop working. For
  example, text messages are no longer displayed in the messaging app.

  root@ubuntu-phablet:/# du -hcs /var/log/*
  0	/var/log/alternatives.log
  12K	/var/log/alternatives.log.1
  4.0K	/var/log/apport.log
  8.0K	/var/log/apport.log.1
  4.0K	/var/log/apport.log.2.gz
  4.0K	/var/log/apport.log.3.gz
  4.0K	/var/log/apport.log.4.gz
  4.0K	/var/log/apport.log.5.gz
  8.0K	/var/log/apport.log.6.gz
  4.0K	/var/log/apport.log.7.gz
  16K	/var/log/apt
  128K	/var/log/auth.log
  212K	/var/log/auth.log.1
  8.0K	/var/log/auth.log.2.gz
  8.0K	/var/log/auth.log.3.gz
  8.0K	/var/log/auth.log.4.gz
  56K	/var/log/bootstrap.log
  0	/var/log/btmp
  0	/var/log/btmp.1
  56K	/var/log/dmesg
  44K	/var/log/dmesg.0
  16K	/var/log/dmesg.3.gz
  16K	/var/log/dmesg.4.gz
  0	/var/log/dpkg.log
  640K	/var/log/dpkg.log.1
  752K	/var/log/faillog
  4.0K	/var/log/fontconfig.log
  12K	/var/log/fsck
  4.0K	/var/log/installer
  265M	/var/log/kern.log
  311M	/var/log/kern.log.1
  27M	/var/log/kern.log.2.gz
  34M	/var/log/kern.log.3.gz
  19M	/var/log/kern.log.4.gz
  9.0M	/var/log/lastlog
  12K	/var/log/lightdm
  16K	/var/log/lxc
  0	/var/log/mail.err
  0	/var/log/mail.log
  4.0K	/var/log/news
  272K	/var/log/pm-powersave.log
  200K	/var/log/pm-powersave.log.1
  4.0K	/var/log/pm-powersave.log.2.gz
  101M	/var/log/syslog
  52M	/var/log/syslog.1
  1.4M	/var/log/syslog.1.gz
  4.5M	/var/log/syslog.2.gz
  5.9M	/var/log/syslog.3.gz
  764K	/var/log/syslog.4.gz
  3.3M	/var/log/syslog.5.gz
  6.4M	/var/log/syslog.6.gz
  2.6M	/var/log/syslog.7.gz
  156K	/var/log/system-image
  340K	/var/log/udev
  0	/var/log/ufw.log
  4.0K	/var/log/unattended-upgrades
  724K	/var/log/upstart
  120K	/var/log/wtmp
  100K	/var/log/wtmp.1
  844M	total

  
  root@ubuntu-phablet:/# ls -l
  total 72
  drwxrwxrwt   7 root   root     140 Jan 16 16:41 android
  drwxr-xr-x   2 root   root    4096 Jan  7 13:39 bin
  drwxr-xr-x   2 root   root    4096 Oct 18 10:07 boot
  lrwxrwxrwx   1 root   root      14 Oct 26 17:22 cache -> /android/cache
  lrwxrwxrwx   1 root   root      13 Oct 26 17:22 data -> /android/data
  drwxr-xr-x  17 root   root    6180 Jan 16 16:48 dev
  drwxr-xr-x  98 root   root    4096 Jan  9 14:53 etc
  lrwxrwxrwx   1 root   root      16 Oct 26 17:22 factory -> /android/factory
  lrwxrwxrwx   1 root   root      17 Oct 26 17:22 firmware -> /android/firmware
  drwxr-xr-x   3 root   root    4096 Oct 26 17:18 home
  drwxr-xr-x  18 root   root    4096 Jan  9 14:52 lib
  drwxr-xr-x   2 root   root   16384 Oct 26 17:18 lost+found
  drwxr-xr-x   2 root   root    4096 Oct 24 12:47 media
  drwxr-xr-x   2 root   root    4096 Oct 18 10:07 mnt
  drwxr-xr-x   3 root   root    4096 Oct 26 17:18 opt
  lrwxrwxrwx   1 root   root      16 Oct 26 17:22 persist -> /android/persist
  dr-xr-xr-x 236 root   root       0 Dec 31  1969 proc
  drwx------   2 root   root    4096 Oct 26 17:18 root
  drwxr-xr-x  18 root   root     600 Jan 16 16:41 run
  drwxr-xr-x   2 root   root    4096 Jan  9 14:52 sbin
  drwxr-xr-x   2 root   root    4096 Oct 24 12:47 srv
  dr-xr-xr-x  12 root   root       0 Jan 16 16:41 sys
  lrwxrwxrwx   1 root   root      15 Oct 26 17:22 system -> /android/system
  drwxrwxrwt   6 root   root     320 Jan 17 12:18 tmp
  drwxrwx--x   7 system system  4096 Nov  4 08:20 userdata
  drwxr-xr-x  10 root   root    4096 Oct 26 17:22 usr
  drwxr-xr-x  13 root   root    4096 Oct 26 17:22 var
  lrwxrwxrwx   1 root   root      22 Oct 26 17:22 vendor -> /android/system/vendor

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