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| author | Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> | 2019-05-23 09:36:41 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> | 2019-05-23 17:43:50 +0000 |
| commit | d2de7f85982da35d2e8a6fda48784946f6443f65 (patch) | |
| tree | 186524d2e277a98ab810350f99ce17bfc03d04c4 /Documentation | |
| parent | 96a27a0a073b61c465240bbbbb05a4c16f67c8d4 (diff) | |
| download | public-inbox-d2de7f85982da35d2e8a6fda48784946f6443f65.tar.gz | |
We're going to need copydatabase, too
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/public-inbox-v1-format.pod | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/public-inbox-v2-format.pod | 4 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/public-inbox-v1-format.pod b/Documentation/public-inbox-v1-format.pod index 2a6b8d3c..3b0e70e1 100644 --- a/Documentation/public-inbox-v1-format.pod +++ b/Documentation/public-inbox-v1-format.pod @@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ Since SCHEMA_VERSION 15 and the development of the v2 format, the "overview" DB also exists in the xapian directory for v1 repositories. See L<public-inbox-v2-format(5)/OVERVIEW DB> +Our use of the L</OVERVIEW DB> requires Xapian document IDs to +remain stable. Thus, use of L<xapian-compact(1)> and +L<copydatabase(8)> require the use of C<--no-renumber> switch. + =item $GIT_DIR/ssoma.index This file is no longer used or created by public-inbox, but it is diff --git a/Documentation/public-inbox-v2-format.pod b/Documentation/public-inbox-v2-format.pod index 7dfe3296..bc58074e 100644 --- a/Documentation/public-inbox-v2-format.pod +++ b/Documentation/public-inbox-v2-format.pod @@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ Rotational storage devices are NOT recommended for indexing of large mail archives; but are fine for backup and usable for small instances. +Our use of the L</OVERVIEW DB> requires Xapian document IDs to +remain stable. Thus, use of L<xapian-compact(1)> and +L<copydatabase(8)> require the use of C<--no-renumber> switch. + =head2 OVERVIEW DB Towards the end of v2 development, it became apparent Xapian did |