[Zope-dev] Pack error and corruption

[Jim Fulton]

Pavlos Christoforou wrote:
> 
> Hello Zopistas -
> 
> While I was attempting to perform a pack operation I got the following
> error:
> 
> <!--
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File /usr/local/Zope-2.0.0b1-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line
> 256, in publish_module
>   File /usr/local/Zope-2.0.0b1-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line
> 161, in publish
>   File /usr/local/Zope-2.0.0b1-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/mapply.py, line
> 154, in mapply
>     (Object: manage_pack)
>   File /usr/local/Zope-2.0.0b1-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line
> 98, in call_object
>     (Object: manage_pack)
>   File /usr/local/Zope-2.0.0b1-src/lib/python/App/ApplicationManager.py,
> line 333, in manage_pack
>     (Object: ElementWithAttributes)
>   File /usr/local/Zope-2.0.0b1-src/lib/python/ZODB/DB.py, line 442, in
> pack
>   File /usr/local/Zope-2.0.0b1-src/lib/python/ZODB/FileStorage.py, line
> 844, in pack
>     (Object: /usr/local/Zope-2.0.0b1-src/var/Data.fs)
> Pack Error: 8984226
> 
> It also corrupted the database and I had to manually truncate Data.fs
> 
> I could not reproduce the error but I kept a copy of the corrupted Data.fs
> in case someone from DC wants to take a look.

This is due to a bug that was fixed in Zope 2.0 beta 5. I
suggest upgrading to Zope 2.0 final.

Jim

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