#1140226 glances: please move logs out of /tmp/ (and into /var/log/glances/ for examples)

#1140226#5
Date:
2026-06-17 12:44:18 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

I was surprise to find logs there.

Please move those in a more FHS-appropriate location.

Greetings

Alexandre


tchet@quieter:/tmp$ ls /tmp/glances-glances.log -ld
-rw-r--r-- 1 glances glances 1643 17 jun 09:54 /tmp/glances-glances.log
tchet@quieter:/tmp$ cat /tmp/glances-glances.log
2026-06-17 09:54:37,439 -- INFO -- Start Glances 4.5.5
2026-06-17 09:54:37,439 -- INFO -- CPython 3.13.14 (/usr/bin/python3) and psutil 7.1.0 detected
2026-06-17 09:54:37,457 -- INFO -- Read configuration file '/etc/glances/glances.conf'
2026-06-17 09:54:37,620 -- INFO -- Start GlancesServer mode
2026-06-17 09:54:37,623 -- WARNING -- XML-RPC server is running without authentication and with CORS Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *.
2026-06-17 09:54:37,623 -- WARNING -- XML-RPC server is running without Host header validation (DNS rebinding protection)
2026-06-17 09:54:38,737 -- INFO -- Followings processes stats will not be displayed: cpu_num
2026-06-17 09:54:38,888 -- WARNING -- Missing Python Lib (No module named 'pySMART'), HDD Smart plugin is disabled
2026-06-17 09:54:38,898 -- WARNING -- Sparklines module not found (No module named 'sparklines')
2026-06-17 09:54:39,175 -- WARNING -- Error loading LXD deps Lib. LXD feature in the Containers plugin is disabled (No module named 'pylxd')
2026-06-17 09:54:39,176 -- WARNING -- Error loading Podman deps Lib. Podman feature in the Containers plugin is disabled (No module named 'podman')
2026-06-17 09:54:39,179 -- ERROR -- containers (Docker) plugin - Can't connect to Docker (Error while fetching server API version: ('Connection aborted.', FileNotFoundError(2, 'Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce nom')))
2026-06-17 09:54:39,204 -- WARNING -- Missing Python Lib (No module named 'pymdstat'), Raid plugin is disabled
2026-06-17 09:54:39,215 -- INFO -- Disable extended processes stats in server mode
2026-06-17 09:54:39,364 -- INFO -- Autodiscover is enabled with service name quieter
tchet@quieter:/tmp$

#1140226#10
Date:
2026-08-09 04:48:48 UTC
From:
To:
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
glances, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1140226@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Daniel Echeverri <epsilon@debian.org> (supplier of updated glances package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)
Format: 1.8
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2026 21:11:51 -0500
Source: glances
Architecture: source
Version: 4.5.6+dfsg-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Daniel Echeverri <epsilon@debian.org>
Changed-By: Daniel Echeverri <epsilon@debian.org>
Closes: 1140226
Changes:
 glances (4.5.6+dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * New upstream version 4.5.6+dfsg
   * debian/patches
     + Add 009_set_logs_in_correct_location.diff patch
       + Move glances logfile. (Closes: #1140226)
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