Re: [PATCH v3 3/5] compact: preserve backup database until compacted database is...

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+Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/5] compact: preserve backup database until compacted\r
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+Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi> writes:\r
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+> It is less error prone and window of failure opportunity is smaller\r
+> if the old (backup) database is always renamed (instead of sometimes\r
+> rmtree'd) before new (compacted) database is put into its place.\r
+> Finally rmtree() old database in case old database backup is not kept.\r
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+pushed, \r
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+d\r