My favorite pet bug (2004): Yum mishandles Ctrl-C

[Leszek Matok]

Dnia 06-09-2006, śro o godzinie 20:24 +0200, Ralf Ertzinger napisał(a):
> The problem is not the RPM database, it's the filesystem. As long
> as you do not have a filesystem that can roll back selected changes
> this discussion is rather pointless.
transaction:
echo "mv -f file.bak file" > backlog
mv file file.bak
cp -f file.new file # actual work, this can break
rm -f file.bak backlog

error recovery on next run:
if [ -f backlog ]
	sh backlog
fi

Do you know a file system that can't do this?

Lam
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