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diff src/database.c @ 257:087e7039b569 noffle
[svn] * src/database.c: DB_compact() now does nothing. It was calling
gdbm_reorganize() which did rebuild on the database, copying it
to a new database and renaming. This now has an explicit function,
Db_rebuild(), and you don't want to chew disc space like this during
a routine expire.
| author | bears |
|---|---|
| date | Wed, 26 Jun 2002 14:28:35 +0100 |
| parents | 52f467c7213b |
| children | 3477050e8d10 |
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--- a/src/database.c Wed Jun 26 14:28:06 2002 +0100 +++ b/src/database.c Wed Jun 26 14:28:35 2002 +0100 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ /* database.c - $Id: database.c 387 2002-06-26 13:15:44Z bears $ + $Id: database.c 389 2002-06-26 13:28:35Z bears $ Uses GNU gdbm library. Using Berkeley db (included in libc6) was cumbersome. It is based on Berkeley db 1.85, which has severe bugs @@ -590,8 +590,18 @@ Db_compact( void ) { ASSERT( db.dbf ); - if ( gdbm_reorganize( db.dbf ) != 0 ) - Log_err( "Error compacting article base: %s", errMsg() ); + + /* + * You'd think it would be sensible to do something like + * + * if ( gdbm_reorganize( db.dbf ) != 0 ) + * Log_err( "Error compacting article base: %s", errMsg() ); + * + * here. But this just copies the database to a new one and renames, + * which is what Db_rebuild() does. + * + * So do nothing. We don't want expire to chew disc space. + */ } /*