Ticket #46 (closed enhancement: wontfix)

Opened 20 months ago

Last modified 11 months ago

template: symlink rpm database to /usr/local

Reported by: joanna Owned by: joanna
Priority: major Milestone: Release 1 Beta 2
Component: templates Keywords:
Cc:

Description

... to allow for per-VM software installations. E.g.:

yum install --installroot
rpm -i --root

Change History

comment:1 Changed 20 months ago by joanna

  • Milestone changed from Release 1 Alpha 2 to Release 1 Beta 1

Requires more thinking -- moving to Beta 1.

comment:2 Changed 16 months ago by joanna

Ehhh, this is not so simple. Even if we copy /var/lib/{yum,rpm} to /usr/local/var/lib, and if we do installs with yum --installroot=/usr/local, still this doesn't guarantee that binaries will work fine (they might fail, because they would be expecting e.g. config files in /etc, not /usr/local/etc). Also there is a problem of how to keep the /usr/local/var/lib/{rpm,yum} databases in sync with those on the root fs (/var/lib).

This is generally a TBD.

comment:3 Changed 13 months ago by joanna

  • Milestone changed from Release 1 Beta 1 to Release 1 Beta 2

comment:4 Changed 11 months ago by joanna

  • Status changed from new to closed
  • Resolution set to wontfix

We have solved this problem by introducing standalone AppVMs in Beta 1.

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