From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
To: meta@public-inbox.org
Subject: [PATCH] INSTALL: note Debian bug #808610 corruption
Date: Sun, 29 May 2016 02:23:36 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160529022336.16272-1-e@80x24.org> (raw)
Ugh, this is a nasty corruption bug and I can't recommend
this project for Debian 8.0 users without documenting this.
---
INSTALL | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 40cd6ca..e57fbb6 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -51,6 +51,30 @@ Optional modules:
[3] - Optional for HTML web interface and HTTP/NNTP servers
[4] - Optional for HTTP and NNTP servers
+When installing Search::Xapian, make sure the underlying Xapian
+is patched against the index corruption bug documented in:
+
+ https://bugs.debian.org/808610
+
+For Debian 8.0, this means installing from jessie-backports
+until the fix lands in jessie.
+
+# Ensure the following line is in your apt sources.list(5)
+# (typically /etc/apt/sources.list):
+
+deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main
+
+Then run:
+
+ apt-get update
+ apt-get install -t jessie-backports libxapian22
+
+to install the package.
+
+public-inbox will never store unregeneratable data in Xapian
+or any other search database we might use; Xapian corruption
+will not destroy critical data.
+
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