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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@exmulti.com>
To: Wladimir <laanwj@gmail.com>
Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] separate out blockchain db and wallet to two dirs?
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 03:40:55 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+8xBpeur+VAwaUDSUp64-BtJKxOOzK5vgm6nyfRT41z6e449g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+s+GJChAYSDTV1GTKq+cqygyt1=DRdDsyaPbyNXpTiG51f1cw@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 1:27 AM, Wladimir <laanwj@gmail.com> wrote:
> This is currently not feasible due to BerkelyDB limitations. All the
> databases are within one 'environment', which is necessarily one directory
> (it can probably be hacked around, but obviously we're really careful).
>
> When LevelDB for the block chain and the custom format for the wallets is
> introduces, various new configurations will be possible: Multiple wallets,
> wallet in block chain in separate dirs, etc.

Indeed.  See many threads on the forum discussing this...  a
frequently requested feature.

As Wladimir says, it's a database constraint at the moment.

-- 
Jeff Garzik
exMULTI, Inc.
jgarzik@exmulti.com



      reply	other threads:[~2012-09-14  7:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-09-14  1:57 [Bitcoin-development] separate out blockchain db and wallet to two dirs? Scott Howard
2012-09-14  2:15 ` grarpamp
2012-09-14  2:18   ` Peter Vessenes
2012-09-14  2:59     ` grarpamp
2012-09-14  3:03     ` grarpamp
2012-09-14  5:27 ` Wladimir
2012-09-14  7:40   ` Jeff Garzik [this message]

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