On Wed 14/01/09 09:42 , Daniel Maher <dma+gluster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Gordan Bobic wrote: > > My guess is that it could be a SQLite+GlusterFS issue, but I'm not > sure. > > This is a bit worrying since I only just got RPM working on > GlusterFS by > > switching it from BerkeleyDB to SQLite. Has anyone else noticed > this? > > I realise that this may now be behind you, but would you be able to > expand on your issues regarding RPM and Gluster ? (I'm assuming > you're referring to Redhat Package Manager, if not, please disregard.) Indeed, I am referring to the RedHat Package Manager. Quite simply put, if /var/lib/rpm is on GlusterFS, any attempt to use rpm fails. I tried various flags in DB_CONFIG in /var/lib/rpm that should have, in theory, disabled mmap usage, but they made no difference, all rpm operations would fail even before rpm finished creating it's /var/lib/rpm/__* lock files. The way I worked around it is by converting the RPM database to use SQLite (DB API 4 (SQLite) instead of 3 (BerkeleyDB), IIRC). This seems to work OK, but the fact that Mozilla's use of SQLite seems to be unreliable on GlusterFS concerns me. Gordan ---- Msg sent via @Mail - http://atmail.com/
