doc: add some notes around -xcpdb / -edit / -purge

[public-inbox.git] / Documentation / public-inbox-xcpdb.pod

diff --git a/Documentation/public-inbox-xcpdb.pod b/Documentation/public-inbox-xcpdb.pod
index 89eed079ddc497bc43986efffd70e2739831704e..2ed4c5821087b8cc637935391cd4f3c8d8e19c0a 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/public-inbox-xcpdb.pod
+++ b/Documentation/public-inbox-xcpdb.pod
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ public-inbox-xcpdb - upgrade Xapian DB formats
 public-inbox-xcpdb is similar to L<copydatabase(1)> for
 upgrading to the latest database format supported by Xapian
 (e.g. "glass" or "honey"), but is designed to tolerate and
-recover from Xapian database modifications from
-L<public-inbox-watch(1)> or L<public-inbox-mda(1)>.
+accept parallel Xapian database modifications from
+L<public-inbox-watch(1)>, L<public-inbox-mda(1)>,
+L<public-inbox-learn(1)>, and L<public-inbox-index(1)>.
 
 =head1 OPTIONS
 
@@ -80,6 +81,16 @@ used by public-inbox, NOT users upgrading public-inbox itself.
 In particular, it DOES NOT upgrade the schema used by the
 PSGI search interface (see L<public-inbox-index(1)>).
 
+=head1 LIMITATIONS
+
+Do not use L<public-inbox-purge(1)> or L<public-inbox-edit(1)>
+while this is running; old (purged or edited data) may show up.
+
+Normal invocations L<public-inbox-index(1)> can safely run
+while this is running, too.  However, reindexing via the
+L<public-inbox-index(1)/--reindex> switch will be a waste of
+computing resources.
+
 =head1 CONTACT
 
 Feedback welcome via plain-text mail to L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>