tags #228192 unreproducible retitle #228192 tempfile needed for writing new keepers, cases of data loss are reported thanks
On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 11:47:08PM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: > I was running debfoster in an xterm. It was sitting at a "do you want to > keep FOO" prompt when X crashed. When I ran debfoster again, it was > asking me questions about packages I had already answered, so I checked > /var/lib/debfoster/keepers: > > - -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2004-01-16 23:41 > /var/lib/debfoster/keepers > > Obviously, that isn't good. debfoster just lost a lot of data. I tried to reproduce this by killing a debfoster process that was sitting on a "do you want to keep FOO" prompt, and was not successful. Is there any way to reproduce this without deliberately crashing an X session? Asides from that, I agree that debfoster should write new keepers to a tempfile. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
