GNU bug report logs - #29675
databases should be created with chattr +C

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>

Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 11:47:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)

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From: Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>
To: 29675 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#29675: databases should be created with chattr +C
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 13:46:08 +0200

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We support running GuixSD on top of btrfs, and the prevailing wisdom is
to mark databases (sqlite, postgresql, etc.) as 'chattr +C', that is, as
not copy-on-write. It is honored under ext4, but it shouldn't cause any
changes.

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