Fixed with 256-rc3 (#30092): Journal file disk usage on frequently rebooted systems

[Jens Schmidt <farblos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2024-05-27  23:16, Jens Schmidt wrote:

> 2. A completely different approach would be to have journald reuse
>    journal files across reboots, which does not seem to happen in my
>    (default) journal configuration.  Is that possible at all?

And that was the *real* question, solved with systemd 256-rc3, which
provides a fix for https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/30092.

Doh.