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

[Toby Dickenson]

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=20
crafted to ensure that it can bomb out of a pack at short notice.=20