Rottlog service should create filenames with a '.gz' extension

Currently, the rottlog service in %base-services creates old rotated

logs that are named like "messages.1", "messages.2", etc.

However, these files are compressed with gzip, and gzip refuses to

decompress them until you add '.gz' to the end of the filenames.

I think this should be happening by default but for some reason is

not. rottlog-configuration uses as the default configuration

(file-append rottlog "/etc/rc"), and that file does call for this

extension to be added...

Hello Leo,

In /etc/rottlog/rc the line “extension="gz"” has for only effect to

expand

the meta-variable “@COMP_EXT”[0] which isn't used by default. For it to

be

appended to every rotated log file we need to add the line “storefile

@FILENAME.@COMP_EXT” to /etc/rottlog/weekly, which specify the filename

for

the rotated log file[1][2]. At least that's what I understand after

skimming through the documentation, I have send a patch[3] but it's

untested.

[0]:

[1]:

[2]:

[3]: https://issues.guix.info/issue/40953

Cheers,

- Brice

Fixed by ab034adfe86333fccd6afe476806f169e2074d69.