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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/public-inbox-v1-format.pod | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/public-inbox-v2-format.pod | 4 | ||||
-rwxr-xr-x | script/public-inbox-compact | 2 |
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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 diff --git a/script/public-inbox-compact b/script/public-inbox-compact index d22e4032..395eec37 100755 --- a/script/public-inbox-compact +++ b/script/public-inbox-compact @@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ sub commit_changes ($$$) { $im->lock_release; remove_tree("$old/old") or die "failed to remove $old/old: $!\n"; } + +# we rely on --no-renumber to keep docids synched to NNTP my @compact = qw(xapian-compact --no-renumber); if ($v == 2) { require PublicInbox::V2Writable; |