Re: [Lsb-wg] Completing the LSB DB schema

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Please treat this call as URGENT.
I'm bringing this to the other lists so that everyone knows about it ...

thanks
-- pradosh=20

On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 08:19 -0800, Wichmann, Mats D wrote:
> General call for help:  if you think you understand
> a part of the LSB database schema that *isn't* already
> documented, please update the wiki page (or send
> me the info and I'll update it):
>=20
> http://www.linuxbase.org/LSBWiki/SpecDatabaseSchema
>=20
> I'm trying to make sure we've got this kind of stuff
> well documented so it's easier for new people to
> understand what is needed and so we're better protected
> against knowledge gaps when topic experts move out of=20
> the project.
>=20
> A way to "check your assumptions" is to look in the
> scripts which extract data from the database, and
> see what they're doing.  Primarily these are the mk*
> scripts scattered around the cvs tree: in=20
> build_env/headers, in lsbspec, and in tests/misc/*.
> A secondary check is the dbadmin php code - secondary
> because not all of it may have been updated for
> changes, although we *think* it's in pretty good
> shape, especially the admin/ subdirectory.
>=20
> I'm also concerned that we've flagged members no longer
> used.  We already know of one instance where a field
> wasn't used any longer because it had moved to a join=20
> table, yet one of the scripts under development was=20
> assuming that field was the place to put the data -=20
> want to avoid any more of that problem.
>=20
>=20
> Here are items that aren't documented:
>=20
> ArchClass.{ACpos, ACvoffset}
>=20
> ArchInt.AIversion
>=20
> ArchTypeMem (table and members)
>=20
> BaseTypes (table and members)
>=20
> ClassInfo.{CIbase,CInumvmitypes,CIflags,CIvcalloffset,
>   CIbaseoffset,CIbasevtable,CIlibg,CIvtclass,CInumvtt}
>=20
> DynamicEntries (table and members)
>=20
> ElfSections (table and members)
>=20
> Header.Hlib
>=20
> Interface.Icomment
>=20
> Parameter.{Parsize,Pconst,Pttid,Pnull}
>=20
> ProfLib, Profile (yes, I know these aren't used now)
>=20
> RpmTag.{Rtag,Rcount}
>=20
> Standard.{Stype,Sshort}
>=20
> TestCmd (table and members)
>=20
> Type.{Tarray,Tattribute}
>=20
> TypeMember.{TMsize,TMoffset,TMtypetype}
>=20
> VMIBaseTypes.VBTpos (and table purpose)
>=20
> Vtable.{VTvtpos,VTpos,VTviid} (and table purpose)
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