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| author | Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> | 2023-11-16 11:00:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> | 2023-11-16 19:46:54 +0000 |
| commit | 9005cb3dced86b78715fef0472a83813003e8e0d (patch) | |
| tree | 45d5c85bd367bb11bce80cc78a2f9a4cb27c2711 /Documentation | |
| parent | 87981c405d27597a19f34b01a0763aed2be6dcf3 (diff) | |
| download | public-inbox-9005cb3dced86b78715fef0472a83813003e8e0d.tar.gz | |
Stale entries from newsgroup name changes (including adding a `publicinbox.<name>.newsgroup' entry when none existed before) can wreak havoc during a --reindex. So give the hint to users about running -extindex with --gc to clean up stale entries.
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/public-inbox-extindex.pod | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/public-inbox-extindex.pod b/Documentation/public-inbox-extindex.pod index fbb12fe9..be4ea4de 100644 --- a/Documentation/public-inbox-extindex.pod +++ b/Documentation/public-inbox-extindex.pod @@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ significant space savings on Xapian indices. =item --gc Perform garbage collection instead of indexing. Use this if -inboxes are removed from the extindex, or if messages are -purged or removed from some inboxes. +inboxes are removed from the extindex, a newsgroup name is +set or changed, or if messages are purged or removed from +some inboxes. =item --reindex |