template: symlink rpm database to /usr/local

[marmarek]

Reported by joanna on 14 Jun 2010 13:16 UTC
... to allow for per-VM software installations. E.g.:

yum install --installroot
rpm -i --root

Migrated-From: https://wiki.qubes-os.org/ticket/46

[marmarek]

Comment by joanna on 16 Jun 2010 13:09 UTC
Requires more thinking -- moving to Beta 1.

[marmarek]

Comment by joanna on 16 Jun 2010 13:09 UTC
Requires more thinking -- moving to Beta 1.

[marmarek]

Comment by joanna on 13 Oct 2010 10:04 UTC
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.

[marmarek]

Comment by joanna on 13 Oct 2010 10:04 UTC
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.

[marmarek]

Modified by joanna on 24 Jan 2011 12:07 UTC

[marmarek]

Modified by joanna on 24 Jan 2011 12:07 UTC

[marmarek]

Comment by joanna on 22 Mar 2011 14:20 UTC
We have solved this problem by introducing standalone AppVMs in Beta 1.

[marmarek]

Comment by joanna on 22 Mar 2011 14:20 UTC
We have solved this problem by introducing standalone AppVMs in Beta 1.