On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 09:47:20PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: > On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 00:29 +0000, Colin Watson wrote: > > > Some packages actually do need to shut down cleanly; in the case of a > > database, for example, such a change could cause data loss. > > Surely no more than a hard power failure(*), which databases (even such > lightweight ones as sqlite) are designed to handle.
Databases guarantee consistency in case of a power failure, they cannot
prevent data loss.
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Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
Guus Sliepen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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