Ubuntu
rsyslog package

  1. Bug #1450588
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 1450588

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James Troup (elmo) wrote : Re: /var/log/dmesg No Longer Being Updated

Sorry but that argument is illogical. The only retention period that would ensure that you always have the boot time kernel messages is 'infinity' and that's not a reasonable option for obvious reasons (c.f. LP #1618188).