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AI-generatedCan Portage provide reversible pkgdb migrations?
The Portage package manager stores package metadata in a SQLite database located at /var/db/portage/pkgdb . When Portage is upgraded, a forward migration script may alter the schema to add new fields or indexes. These migrations are currently one‑way; there is no built‑in reverse migration. A failed or incomplete migration can leave the database in an incons