[Bug 1216312] [NEW] the log file should be compressed at creation time

[Jérôme]

Public bug reported:

The compression of /var/log/popularity-contest is done at least one time
when the log is being rotated.

The host user is usually not interested by the content of this file (he
can get the list of packages with more user friendly tools).

This file would possibly be compressed a second time, while sending it
to the recipient (email or http server).

We would make only the below change :
----------------------------
j at lt:~$ diff /etc/cron.daily/popularity-contest popularity-contest
30c30
< POPCON=/var/log/popularity-contest
---
> POPCON=/var/log/popularity-contest.gz
49c49
< savelog -c 7 popularity-contest >/dev/null
---
> savelog -c 7 -l popularity-contest.gz >/dev/null
67c67
< run_popcon > $POPCON
---
> run_popcon | gzip --best > $POPCON
j at lt:~$
----------------------------

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: popularity-contest 1.53ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-52.78-generic 3.2.48
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-52-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.4
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Aug 24 15:02:41 2013
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130213)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=fr:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: popularity-contest
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: popularity-contest (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise

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Title:
  the log file should be compressed at creation time

Status in “popularity-contest” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The compression of /var/log/popularity-contest is done at least one
  time when the log is being rotated.

  The host user is usually not interested by the content of this file
  (he can get the list of packages with more user friendly tools).

  This file would possibly be compressed a second time, while sending it
  to the recipient (email or http server).

  We would make only the below change :
  ----------------------------
  j at lt:~$ diff /etc/cron.daily/popularity-contest popularity-contest
  30c30
  < POPCON=/var/log/popularity-contest
  ---
  > POPCON=/var/log/popularity-contest.gz
  49c49
  < savelog -c 7 popularity-contest >/dev/null
  ---
  > savelog -c 7 -l popularity-contest.gz >/dev/null
  67c67
  < run_popcon > $POPCON
  ---
  > run_popcon | gzip --best > $POPCON
  j at lt:~$
  ----------------------------

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: popularity-contest 1.53ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-52.78-generic 3.2.48
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-52-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.4
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Aug 24 15:02:41 2013
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130213)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=fr:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: popularity-contest
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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