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-rwxr-xr-xinterimap4
-rw-r--r--interimap.md4
-rwxr-xr-xpullimap5
4 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/README b/README
index 70bf1df..cb34ef1 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
InterIMAP is a fast bidirectional synchronization program for QRESYNC-capable
IMAP4rev1 servers. PullIMAP retrieves messages a remote IMAP mailbox and
-deliver them to a SMTP session. Consult the manuals for more information.
+deliver them to an SMTP session. Consult the manuals for more information.
https://guilhem.org/man/interimap.1.html
https://guilhem.org/man/pullimap.1.html
diff --git a/interimap b/interimap
index 41a0cb9..0fb6c1c 100755
--- a/interimap
+++ b/interimap
@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ $DBH->do('PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON');
# also, lUID < local.UIDNEXT and rUID < remote.UIDNEXT (except for interrupted syncs)
# mapping.idx must be found among local.idx (and remote.idx)
],
+
+ # We have no version number in the schema, but if we ever need a
+ # migration, we'll add a new table, and assume version 1.0 if
+ # the table is missing.
);
# Invariants:
diff --git a/interimap.md b/interimap.md
index ca83dba..1831d39 100644
--- a/interimap.md
+++ b/interimap.md
@@ -398,7 +398,9 @@ Known bugs and limitations
* Using `interimap` on two identical servers with a non-existent or
empty *database* will duplicate each message due to the absence of
- local ↔ remote UID association.
+ local ↔ remote UID association. Hence one needs to manually empty
+ the mail store on one end when migrating to `interimap` from another
+ synchronisation solution.
* `interimap` is single threaded and doesn't use IMAP command
pipelining. Synchronization could be boosted up by sending
diff --git a/pullimap b/pullimap
index e044df5..bd9b1cf 100755
--- a/pullimap
+++ b/pullimap
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ do {
fcntl($STATE, F_SETLK, $struct_flock) or die "Can't lock $statefile: $!";
my $flags = fcntl($STATE, F_GETFD, 0) or die "fcntl F_GETFD: $!";
fcntl($STATE, F_SETFD, $flags | FD_CLOEXEC) or die "fcntl F_SETFD: $!";
+
+ # We have no version number in the statefile, but if we ever need a
+ # migration, we'll add a 1-byte header for the version number, and
+ # assume version 1.0 if the size of the file is a multiple of 4
+ # bytes. (We can also use the fact that bytes 5 to 8 are never all 0.)
};