Auto-remove logs, and decrease logfile size to 10M #1007

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   gavinandresen commented at 1:08 PM on March 29, 2012: contributor

   This is an alternative to pull #1004 , to fix part of bug #999

   Tested by doing a complete blockchain download and observing the number of log files every 2 minutes (see https://gist.github.com/2236954 -- maximum of 5 were created).

   Removing log files before shutdown does make 'catastrophic database recovery' impossible, however catastrophic recovery is only possible if you have ALL of the log files available (all since the creation of the database), so the only situation in which that is an issue would be a brand-new user running Bitcoin for the first time and then suffering a disk-corrupting failure before they shutdown.

2. Auto-remove logs, and decrease logfile size to 10M 9f18347034
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   jgarzik commented at 1:52 PM on March 29, 2012: contributor

   ACK

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   laanwj commented at 3:23 PM on March 29, 2012: member

   ACK

5. gavinandresen referenced this in commit 83e914c1d5 on Mar 29, 2012
6. gavinandresen merged this on Mar 29, 2012
7. gavinandresen closed this on Mar 29, 2012

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8. sipa cross-referenced this on Mar 29, 2012 from issue Use transactions-updated as flush condition by sipa
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