[Orca-users] recommended way to remove old clients

[Blair Zajac]

Sean O'Neill wrote:
> 
> >
> >I wouldn't bother deleting this file, it'll take a while for Orca
> >to regenerate the data in there.  You could remove the lines that
> >deal with the old hostname however.  But due to the way the file
> >is structured, this may break something, since the information for
> >one input data file may be a pointer to another data file, and if
> >the data file being pointed to is deleted, then things may break
> >in unexpected ways.  The code in lib/Orca/OldState.pm isn't smart
> >enough to handle this case.
> 
> This would be a good FAQ entry including your comments about the orca_state
> file.

Are you saying there should there be a question in the FAQ regarding
the renaming and Orca groups (hostnames in this case) and this will be
part of it, or a question that contains this information?

Best,
Blair

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