id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
3230	Include configuration instructions to purge mysql binary logs	tromador	blfs-book@…	"As it stands the install of mysql from Chapter 21 will create endless binary logs, faithfully, one a day until either the end of time, or until the disk is full, whichever comes sooner!

They can get get quite large and definately very numerous.

Might it be worthwhile looking at managing this a bit. The requirement for logs for replication and so on is probably beyond the scope of BLFS, so I suggest it would be appropriate to simply place a limit on the number of binary logs produced, such that mysql isn't quietly filling disk in the background.

I suggest adding a --expire_logs_day= switch into the startup script and then a mysqladmin flush_logs as a cron job to keep this under control."	enhancement	closed	normal		BOOK	SVN	medium	fixed