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fix(packaging): enable default daily log rotation #16

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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions README.md
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Expand Up @@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ apk add --allow-untrusted dist/prec_*_x86_64.apk
pacman -U dist/prec-*-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
```

Package installs place `/etc/logrotate.d/prec` with a default policy of `daily` and `rotate 7305` (about 20 years of retention).
Adjust the `rotate` value as needed to match your retention policy.

### Manual install from source

Build the binaries first:
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install -m 0640 packaging/logrotate/prec /etc/logrotate.d/prec
```

The installed `/etc/logrotate.d/prec` default is `daily` with `rotate 7305` (about 20 years of retention).
Adjust the `rotate` value as needed to match your retention policy.

### Enable and start precd

```bash
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/var/log/prec/prec.log {
# daily
# rotate 90
daily
# Retain logs for up to 20 years by default.
# Adjust this value to match your organization's retention policy.
rotate 7305
# Log compression is enabled by default (compress = "zstd" in precd.conf),
# so compressed rotated log files cannot be read with --all-logs.
# If compress = "no" is set in precd.conf, using compress here is recommended.
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