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rasterintro manual: explain optional NULL compression

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 <h3>Raster compression</h3>
 <h3>Raster compression</h3>
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 All GRASS GIS raster map types are by default ZLIB compressed, i.e. using
 All GRASS GIS raster map types are by default ZLIB compressed, i.e. using
 ZLIB's deflate algorithm. Through the environment variable
 ZLIB's deflate algorithm. Through the environment variable
 <tt>GRASS_COMPRESSOR</tt> the compression method can be set to RLE, ZLIB,
 <tt>GRASS_COMPRESSOR</tt> the compression method can be set to RLE, ZLIB,
 LZ4, or BZIP2.
 LZ4, or BZIP2.
 <p>
 <p>
+Important: the NULL file compression must be explicitly turned on with 
+<tt>export GRASS_COMPRESS_NULLS=1</tt> - such raster maps can then only 
+be opened with GRASS GIS 7.2.0 or later. NULL file compression can be 
+managed with <b>r.null -z</b>.
+<p>
 Integer (CELL type) raster maps can be compressed with RLE if
 Integer (CELL type) raster maps can be compressed with RLE if
 the environment variable <tt>GRASS_INT_ZLIB</tt> exists and is set to value 
 the environment variable <tt>GRASS_INT_ZLIB</tt> exists and is set to value 
 0. However, this is not recommended.
 0. However, this is not recommended.