Re: [Zinf-devel] [Cameron Gary] Bug#237076: zinf: Zinf fails to start

[Robert H. <en...@no...>]

I thought there was some code in zinf that pops up a message saying
"this version of zinf is incompataible with your database, and it needs
to be rebuilt" or words to that effect. I don't know how it works, but I
imagine there is some constant that needs changing everytime we make an
incompatible change.

Rob


On Tue, 2004-03-09 at 22:56, Andreas Rottmann wrote:
> David Vrabel <dv...@ca...> writes:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> >> failed to open /home/cameron/.zinf/db/metadatabase
> >> zinf: src/database.cpp:57: Database::Database(const char*, int):
> >> Assertion `m_dbase' failed.
> >> Aborted
> >
> > I've seen this. If zinf dies (from a segmentation fault for example)
> > it leaves its meta data database in an unusable state.
> >
> One might argue zinf should either try to repair the DB or move it
> away and create a new one (along with a message, explaining the issue
> to the user).
> 
> Andy
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Robert Hart <en...@no...>