Pierre Neidhardt <m...@ambrevar.xyz> writes: > Christopher Baines <m...@cbaines.net> writes: > >>> Hmm, but this data relates to items in the store and online, they are >>> global. Per-user would mean redundant packages and redundant (remote) >>> queries. >> >> Yeah, maybe there's some way of optimising things for systems with >> multiple users. > > Note: I meant "redundant database", not "packages". > > Can you think of good reasons not to store it globally in /var?
Not specifically, it just becomes more complex as you have to consider more issues. Like the mundane "what if one user is using a file, and another deletes it" to the more unusual "what if you can modify the file to crash or exploit processes run by other users".
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