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Re: When to purge plugin database

Subject: Re: When to purge plugin database
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:34:52 +0100

On Dec 20, 2007, at 9:29 PM, Bob Babcock wrote:

When I update plugins (Windows), there's a checkbox to "purge the  
plugin
database at update."  When should purging be done?  The word "purge"  
does not
appear in the installation guide, client guide or advanced user pdfs.

Usually you do not need to do that. However in some cases a purge  
might be necessary if the db is corrupt (ie: if you kill the update  
process while it's recompiling the plugins) or if you feel like the db  
is growing too large.

                                        -- Renaud
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