Re: SUG: Automatic RPM database verification and repair

["James Olin Oden" <james oden gmail com>]

> >The other important need is to have a find-like utility to reconstruct an
> >rpmdb
> >using only md5 digests of installed files for those people who are not saving
> >a copy of Packages ;-)
>
> /No one/ saves a copy of Packages, as such an implementation detail is
> RPM's responsibility, and it does not do it.  Don't blame the users for
> omissions!
Hmmm...I guess no one ever saves copies of the their MySQL tables, or
Postgresql if you like (BTW, I completly understand that to do one
needs the database in a quiescent state)?  That there might be a
backup option for rpm is reasonable, but when it should get called is
a completely different question (again we have entered policy land, if
you don't believe me we can make autorollback the default behavior).

...james