[ZODB-Dev] FileStorage pack screwy.

[Andrew Sydelko]

Chris McDonough wrote:
> Hmm... weird.
> 
> I'm not sure what version of FileStorage you're using so I dont know 
> what line 1462 is; the truth is, however, it really doesn't matter much 
> because I'm not even going to pretend to try to decipher the 400-line 
> pack method of FileStorage.  ;-)  Sorry.  Maybe somebody else can help here.

Ummm... Isn't the version specific to Zope-2.4.2? You should be able
to grab a tarball of Zope-2.4.2 and look at the FileStorage.py file at
line 1462... (I haven't made any changes.)

> The best I can suggest is to copy the file and open it in a separate 
> FileStorage (perhaps a more recent version?), and try to perform a pack 
> manually from within it, ala:
> 
> import ZODB
> from ZODB import FileStorage, DB
> fs = FileStorage('Data.fs.copy')
> db = DB(fs)
> db.pack()
> 
> I have no concrete expectation that this will produce a different 
> result, but it's sadly the best thing I can think of at the moment.  :-(

I'll try this and report results... I sure hope it works.

--andy.