Re: [exim] exim_tidydb doesn't make databases smaller

2012-11-24 Thread Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz
On Friday 23 of November 2012, Graeme Fowler wrote: On Fri, 2012-11-23 at 13:32 +0100, Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz wrote: Shouldn't exim_tidydb make databases physically smaller? You'd like to think so, wouldn't you? However for reasons which are historical but mostly related to performance, Exim

[exim] exim_tidydb doesn't make databases smaller

2012-11-23 Thread Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz
Hi. Shouldn't exim_tidydb make databases physically smaller? # ls -al /var/spool/exim/db/callout -rw-r- 1 exim exim 677601280 11-23 13:25 /var/spool/exim/db/callout # exim_tidydb -t 2d /var/spool/exim/ callout /dev/null # ls -al /var/spool/exim/db/callout -rw-r- 1 exim exim 677601280

Re: [exim] exim_tidydb doesn't make databases smaller

2012-11-23 Thread Warren Baker
On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz ar...@maven.pl wrote: Hi. Shouldn't exim_tidydb make databases physically smaller? Have a look at http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch52.html#SECID262 -- .warren -- ## List details at

Re: [exim] exim_tidydb doesn't make databases smaller

2012-11-23 Thread Marcin Mirosław
W dniu 23.11.2012 13:32, Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz pisze: Hi. Shouldn't exim_tidydb make databases physically smaller? # ls -al /var/spool/exim/db/callout -rw-r- 1 exim exim 677601280 11-23 13:25 /var/spool/exim/db/callout # exim_tidydb -t 2d /var/spool/exim/ callout /dev/null # ls -al

Re: [exim] exim_tidydb doesn't make databases smaller

2012-11-23 Thread Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz
On Friday 23 of November 2012, Warren Baker wrote: On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz ar...@maven.pl wrote: Hi. Shouldn't exim_tidydb make databases physically smaller? Have a look at http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch52.html#SECID26 2

Re: [exim] exim_tidydb doesn't make databases smaller

2012-11-23 Thread Graeme Fowler
On Fri, 2012-11-23 at 13:32 +0100, Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz wrote: Shouldn't exim_tidydb make databases physically smaller? You'd like to think so, wouldn't you? However for reasons which are historical but mostly related to performance, Exim prefers to use the Berkeley DB library for its databases.