Steve Singer <ssinger at ca.afilias.info> writes:
> Attached is a patch that fixes bug 118 by performing a TRUNCATE ONLY
> during the pre-subscription on 8.4 systems.

I have not tested the patch, but the approach certainly seems apropos
to me.

E.g...  

  - Fold out the TRUNCATE request to a separate function
  - Function for 8.4 does "TRUNCATE ONLY"
  - Function for pre-8.4 does "TRUNCATE"

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