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Your suggestion only seems to work if the software in the package is stateless. In the case of a DBMS the approach would just put data upgrade problems in anoth
by hodgesrm 8y ago
Your suggestion only seems to work if the software in the package is stateless. In the case of a DBMS the approach would just put data upgrade problems in another place and in some cases make them harder to solve as well.
- heinrichhartman 8y agoState is a different problem. Usually programs don't mutate their executables. Mutable, persistent state is usually put under /var and is user-owned. Package updates should not touch data in there.