** 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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systemd vacuuming does not work for remote journals
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