[pacman-dev] [PATCH v2 0/4] Handle .alpm_db_version file

[Dan McGee]

On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 7:44 AM, Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org> wrote:

> This is v2 of a patchset submitted long ago.  It has been rebased and
> had its memory leaks fixed.
>
> With this patchset, pacman will create a local database directory if it
> is missing (but not the root of the database - i.e. /var/lib/pacman/ still
> needs to be present).  When creating the database or finding an empty local
> database it will add the .alpm_db_version file and add the version. For
> existing pacman databases this file is created by the pacman-db-upgrade
> script.  Finally the version of the local database is checked during
> db validation.
>
I'm fine with the idea, but on a more meta level, is there any reason this
should be a hidden file? Why not just call it something like DB-VERSION so
it is big and obvious? I find the idea of hidden files in non-user home
directories less than ideal as it makes investigation that much harder
until you remember to do a full `ls -la`.

(For example: svn stores its version in the root of the repository in a
`format` file,
http://serverfault.com/questions/277441/difference-between-the-format-and-db-format-files-in-a-subversion-repository
)


>
> Allan McRae (4):
>   Create local database directory if it is missing
>   Add version file when creating local database directory
>   Add version file to empty local database
>   Check the version of the local database during validation
>
>  lib/libalpm/be_local.c | 119
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>  test/pacman/pmdb.py    |   2 +
>  test/pacman/pmtest.py  |   3 ++
>  3 files changed, 85 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.1.0
>
>