[Gllug] ObNaive: Why don't Linux systems get package database rot? Or do they?

[Martin A. Brooks]

Christopher Currie wrote:
> there must be some risk of similar errors 
> and degradation which might corrupt package installation and hence, 
> eventually, the system. Or isn't there?
>   

The difference here is that a corrupt package DB will not stop the 
machine booting,  a corrupt registry might as the registry contains far 
more information than what's installed where.

The solution in either case is the same: a well tested backup regime.


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