MDEV-13564: Set innodb_safe_truncate=ON by default
The setting innodb_safe_truncate=ON reduces compatibility with older versions of MariaDB and backup tools in two ways. First, we will be writing TRX_UNDO_RENAME_TABLE records, which older versions do not know about. These records could be misinterpreted if a DDL transaction was recovered and would be rolled back. Such rollback is only possible if the server was killed while an incomplete DDL transaction was persisted. On transaction completion, the insert_undo log pages would only be repurposed for new undo log allocations, and their contents would not matter. So, older versions will not have a problem with innodb_safe_truncate=ON if the server was shut down cleanly. Second, to prevent such recovery failure, innodb_safe_truncate=ON will cause a modification of the redo log format identifier, which will prevent older versions from starting up after a crash. MariaDB Server versions older than 10.2.13 will refuse to start up altogether, even after clean shutdown. A server restart with innodb_safe_truncate=OFF will restore compatibility with older server and backup versions.
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