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Clarified myisampack 'limitations' (note from Werner).

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@ -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