On 2011-Mar-25, 15:03, Julien Laffaye wrote: > >>> What about DB corruption/loss? Do you keep the /var/db/pkg/<package>/xxx > >>> files even with pkgng and only use the DB as a way to speed up some work > >>> (so > >>> the DB corruption just requires to run pkg2ng), or are you lost of the DB > >>> is > >>> lost? > >>> > >> > >> Nothing is done about DB corruption/loss, I am not sure we need to do > >> something. > >> Maybe. > > > > I would say "for sure". Info: In Solaris 10 sqlite is used for the service > > managenemt framework (SMF). It is possible that the DB is corrupt in some > > bad situations. In this case you have to rebuild the DB (script provided, > > been there, had to use it). > > If sqlite is properly used with transactions, it is very hard to > corrupt the database. But if hardware lies to us and say that the data > is on disk whereas it isnt... what can we do? > Another potential problem is fsync(), but if it is broken on FreeBSD > we want to fix it! > > BTW, the goal is to only have the database and not the flat files. > If you are paranoid about power outage, use something like zfs snapshots... No need to look for strange scenarios, I'm surely going to sudo rm -f the file more sooner than later, so... maybe just save a copy? -- Pietro Cerutti The FreeBSD Project gahr_at_FreeBSD.org PGP Public Key: http://gahr.ch/pgp
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