On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 9:20 AM David Cantrell <dcantr...@redhat.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 10:01:57AM -0500, Ben Cotton wrote: > >https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/RelocateRPMToUsr > > > >== Summary == > >Currently, the RPM databases is located in `/var`. Let's move it to > >`/usr`. The move is already under way in rpm-ostree-based > >installations, and in (open)SUSE. > >[snip] > > Moving the RPM database to /usr feels incorrect to me, but we should move it > to gain the improvements as noted in the feature proposal.
Going back to the original discussions on moving rpmdb... Preferred is a new top-level location in /usr, .e.g /usr/sysimage/rpm. Next is "least worst" in /usr/lib/sysimage/rpm http://lists.rpm.org/pipermail/rpm-maint/2017-October/006764.html http://lists.rpm.org/pipermail/rpm-maint/2017-October/006722.html And the convergence was on /usr/lib/sysimage/rpm http://lists.rpm.org/pipermail/rpm-maint/2017-October/006785.html I don't see how /state solves the problem, rather than just rearranging the chairs. > Numerous followups have noted the requirement that /usr contain read-only > content, that it be shareable across hosts, and similar concepts. While this > may or may not doable now like we could in the past, the bigger thing to me is > around the understanding of what /usr contains. It is generally understood > that /usr contains [most of] the installed system. What I think is a bigger > requirement or expection now is that one can tar up /usr and transport it to > another system or virtual machine or container and expect that it will > _probably_ work maybe with a bit of tinkering. This is a really valuable > thing to have for developers. Moving the RPM database to this tree adds a > component that is unnecessary and sort of out of place. Should /usr be independently portable? And is that with a version matched /opt, or can there be mix and match revisions of /usr and /opt? If /usr is to be truly portable and have e.g. 'rpm query, verify, remove, reinstall' work as expected, you need the metadata (the database) representing its state to always come along for the ride. Either the database is already in /usr, or you have to make sure /usr and /state are inseparable. If /usr and /state are inseparable, and if rpm can also describe anything in /etc or /var or /opt, then all or part of those directories are also inseparable from /state. And thus /usr. So I think /state doesn't help. To what degree do rpm and dnf intend to touch locations outside of /usr *and care* about tracking those changes? I think rpm can't remain static for all time. It either needs to become aware of multiple root trees, and even mix and match top-level directories to create variable roots. And possibly even manage these things. Or it needs to constrain its reach to /usr and /opt. Whether /usr and /opt are tied together, or can be mix and match with their own rpmdb's, I have no strong opinion on. -- Chris Murphy _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
