F15: Erased rpm database!! What now?

[Robert Marcano]

On 09/26/2011 08:49 AM, Dave Ihnat wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 03:01:16PM +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote:
>> This is of no use whatsoever in this situation, it doesn't help
>> reconstructing the accidentally erased rpmdb contents.
>> <<suggestions elided>>
>
> Hmm...single point of failure...Bad Thing(TM).

It is not a single point of failure, your system works even with the rpm 
database erased, you lose the ability to use rpm appropriately, that is 
all. What do you propose?, to have a master slave database with another 
server to store the RPM DB? two directories, that does not solves the 
"ohh my god, I deleted /var, parent of both rpm databases"

>
> If this can cause a system to become unusable to the point of requiring
> reinstallation, perhaps its design should be rethought; maybe a shadow
> copy, or something similar.  (A consideration that perhaps should be
> given to any single point-of-failure data element.)
>
> Cheers,
> --
> 	Dave Ihnat
> 	dihnat at dminet.com