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diff --git a/docs/en/xml/installation.xml b/docs/en/xml/installation.xml index 244f08001..65c6b9e8a 100644 --- a/docs/en/xml/installation.xml +++ b/docs/en/xml/installation.xml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"> --> -<!-- $Id: installation.xml,v 1.164 2009/01/08 23:42:53 lpsolit%gmail.com Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: installation.xml,v 1.165 2009/03/02 01:21:57 mkanat%bugzilla.org Exp $ --> <chapter id="installing-bugzilla"> <title>Installing Bugzilla</title> @@ -778,6 +778,28 @@ improving your installation's security. </para> </caution> + + <section id="mysql-max-allowed-packet"> + <title>Allow large attachments and many comments</title> + + <para>By default, MySQL will only allow you to insert things + into the database that are smaller than 64KB. Attachments + may be larger than this. Also, Bugzilla combines all comments + on a single bug into one field for full-text searching, and the + combination of all comments on a single bug are very likely to + be larger than 64KB.</para> + + <para>To change MySQL's default, you need to edit your MySQL + configuration file, which is usually <filename>/etc/my.cnf</filename> + on Linux. We recommend that you allow at least 4MB packets by + adding the "max_allowed_packet" parameter to your MySQL + configuration in the "[mysqld]" section, like this:</para> + + <screen>[mysqld] +# Allow packets up to 4MB +max_allowed_packet=4M + </screen> + </section> <section> <title>Allow small words in full-text indexes</title> |