DPS Initial Ideas

Dag-Erling Smørgrav des at des.no
Mon May 14 07:25:53 UTC 2007


Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df at mired.org> writes:
> You missed the point. The claim was "the sqlite database can be edited
> as easily as a pure textfile." I claim this is not always true. In
> particular, since someone has already mentioned using SQL for system
> config file instead of just the pkackage db, if your system has
> suffered a major failure such that commands in the base system - like
> vi, ed, etc. - are busted, then sqlite (whether it's part of the base
> system or not) can equally well be be broken.

If your base system is busted, your priority is to fix your base system,
not muck around with packages.  They can wait until the base system is
working again.

DES
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