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/README.TXT: Notes on system stability: removed no longer applicable warning about system upgrades, which is now incorrect because the disk space overrun bug (#887) was found not to have been caused by a system upgrade

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		sudo service postgresql stop
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		this prevents the OS from SIGKILLing Postgres, which sometimes causes
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		database corruption 
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	**WARNING**: system upgrades can break key parts of the full-database
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		import, causing errors such as disk space overruns. for this reason, it
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		is recommended to maintain a snapshot copy of the VM as it was at the
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		last successful import, for fallback use if a system upgrade breaks
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		anything. system upgrades on the snapshot VM should be disabled
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		completely, and because this will also disable security fixes, the
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		snapshot VM should be disconnected from the internet and all networking
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		interfaces. (this is an unfortunate consequence of modern OSes being
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		written in non-memory-safe languages such as C and C++.)
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Notes on running programs:
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	**WARNING**: always start with a clean shell, to avoid spurious bugs. the

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