On 09/26/2011 08:49 AM, Dave Ihnat wrote: > On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 03:01:16PM +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote: >> This is of no use whatsoever in this situation, it doesn't help >> reconstructing the accidentally erased rpmdb contents. >> <<suggestions elided>> > > Hmm...single point of failure...Bad Thing(TM). It is not a single point of failure, your system works even with the rpm database erased, you lose the ability to use rpm appropriately, that is all. What do you propose?, to have a master slave database with another server to store the RPM DB? two directories, that does not solves the "ohh my god, I deleted /var, parent of both rpm databases" > > If this can cause a system to become unusable to the point of requiring > reinstallation, perhaps its design should be rethought; maybe a shadow > copy, or something similar. (A consideration that perhaps should be > given to any single point-of-failure data element.) > > Cheers, > -- > Dave Ihnat > dihnat@xxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
