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authorunknown <monty@hundin.mysql.fi>2002-05-28 10:22:50 +0300
committerunknown <monty@hundin.mysql.fi>2002-05-28 10:22:50 +0300
commit10be37fa6398683b2b1701ae1601f0ed3ce259ac (patch)
tree957570a8ef248df68559bf940720f11fd427a102
parentec04d043aa936dcef14f60c7815ab4753bf6970f (diff)
parentbc63956efef564444bd9f325d09b42c096f23951 (diff)
downloadmariadb-git-10be37fa6398683b2b1701ae1601f0ed3ce259ac.tar.gz
Merge work:/home/bk/mysql-4.0 into hundin.mysql.fi:/my/bk/mysql-4.0
Docs/manual.texi: Auto merged
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Docs/manual.texi b/Docs/manual.texi
index 15629cd4b32..a79a8c14e01 100644
--- a/Docs/manual.texi
+++ b/Docs/manual.texi
@@ -21192,17 +21192,17 @@ Usually, @code{myisampack} packs the datafile 40%-70%.
MySQL uses memory mapping (@code{mmap()}) on compressed tables and
falls back to normal read/write file usage if @code{mmap()} doesn't work.
-There are currently two limitations with @code{myisampack}:
+Please note the following:
@itemize @bullet
@item
-After packing, the table is read-only.
+After packing, the table is read-only. This is generally intended
+(such as when accessing packed tables on a CD). Also allowing writes
+to a packed table is on our TODO list but with low priority.
@item
-@code{myisampack} can also pack @code{BLOB} or @code{TEXT} columns. The
-older @code{pack_isam} could not do this.
+@code{myisampack} can also pack @code{BLOB} or @code{TEXT} columns.
+The older @code{pack_isam} (for @code{ISAM} tables) can not do this.
@end itemize
-Fixing these limitations is on our TODO list but with low priority.
-
@code{myisampack} is invoked like this:
@example