Re: [ZODB-Dev] Re: [Zope-dev] DB.close() needs to be called

On Wednesday 13 November 2002 5:27 pm, Barry A. Warsaw wrote:

Potentially yes, although the steps in the pack process are BerkeleyDB transactionally protected. I think the mark-and-sweep phases are examples of things that could take a long time. It should be possible to craft some escape hatches to do a more controlled shutdown.

Yes, DirectoryStorage's referential integrity rules had to be carefully crafted to ensure that it can bomb out of a pack at short notice.