Re: [Refdb-users] slight problem with refdb 0.9.8-1 distribution

[Markus H. <mar...@mh...>]

Markus Hoenicka writes:
 > > note the *dump.sqlite* has a .2.
 > >
 > > in line 190  of refdb-init.in in the same folder we have
 > >     checkFile "<pkgdatadir>/sql/refdb.dump.sqlite" "read" \
 > >
 > > and the lack of the .2. is a problem for refdb-init
 > >
 > 
 > That's me being careless... however, the 0.9.9 prereleases use a  
 > different mechanism to create or update the main database. refdbd now  
 > has a maintenance mode that takes care of this stuff. Therefore the  
 > line above no longer exists in refdb-init. To the best of my knowledge  
 > the new mechanism does not show this problem, but I'll check again to  
 > make sure. I'll probably make a fixed version of the old refdb-init  
 > available on the web page for those who still use 0.9.8-1.
 > 

I should have checked the facts before drawing my
conclusions. Actually, the maintenance mode of refdbd was already
implemented in 0.9.8, and the lines that cause the problem in
refdb-init (only if you use sqlite3 btw) are simply leftovers from
previous versions. The proper fix is to delete lines 190 through 193
and re-run make in the scripts subdirectory. The bug had been fixed
with other changes in refdb-init.in about three months ago, so the
0.9.9 prereleases are not affected by this problem. I'll also add a
news item to the RefDB homepage that mentions this problem.

regards,
Markus

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