On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 07:02:54PM -0200, Andre Costa wrote: > Thks a lot for the excellent explanation, Jeff =) > > ... but, I must say it raised yet another question: these instructions > [http://www.rpm.org/hintskinks/repairdb/] explicitely refer to > /var/lib/rpm/__db* as lock files, and say they have to be removed prior > to a DB rebuild. I am probably mixing apples and oranges, but it seems > to go against what you say below. Could you please calrify it a little > further? "lock files" -- in some English sense -- is an appropriate term for files that contain locks. I'm not sure what to clarify. There are 3 types of information in __db* files: 1) a Berkeley DB version number that makes upgrades painful. 2) ptrs to locks that can be shared within a dbenv. 3) a "warm cache", i.e. a lookaside cache for retrieved data. Go shop a better answer somewhere else if you don't believe me ... 73 de Jeff -- Jeff Johnson ARS N3NPQ jbj@xxxxxxxxxx (jbj@xxxxxxx) Chapel Hill, NC _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
