On Jan 3, 2014, at 8:38 AM, bishwajit goswami wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I was checking on a few rpm patches available.
> I found patch as below:
> -#define	PLD_CHROOT
>   -#ifdef	PLD_CHROOT
>   -	    if (rpmdb->db_chrootDone)
>   -		xx = dbenv->set_data_dir(dbenv, dbhome);
>   -#endif
>    	    rpmdb->db_opens++;
> 
> I was not able to figure out the context for which this patch was required.

The PLD_CHROOT patch was added more than 6y ago:
    /community/rpm-cvs/1536.html

It was likely blindly added "just in case" before releasing rpm-5.0 (iirc):
PLD patches are usually correct.

Meanwhile there are *lots* of changes in RPM (and Berkeley DB) since that patch was added,
I'm not sure any context related to PLD_CHROOT is meaningful.


> Could someone let me know the issue which needed this patch.

You seem to be looking for explanations for why an rpmdb is being accessed
outside of a chroot (as you reported earlier).

However, solaris and a rather old rpm-5.1.x make it difficult to diagnose
from the info you have provided.

73 de Jeff
> 
> Thanks and Regards,
> Bishwajit