If, for some reason (for instance in result of script execution failure due to EZP-21840), cleanup old versions of content does not run for sometime, one can end up in a scenario where there are more old versions that the legacy cleanupversions script can handle.

steps to reproduce

• create an image object
• edit and publish this object many times (say 1000, use the command below if needed)
• setup [VersionManagement] DefaultVersionHistoryLimit=10
• execute php ezpublish/console ezpublish:legacy:script bin/php/cleanupversions.php
  => the script will take too long to execute and fail due to database timeout

create new versions command

    $repository = $this->getContainer()->get('ezpublish.api.repository');
    $repository->setCurrentUser($repository->getUserService()->loadUser(14));
    $contentService = $repository->getContentService();
    $contentInfo = $contentService->loadContentInfo(<your-image-object-id>);
    for ($f = 0; $f < 1200; $f++) {
      $contentDraft = $contentService->createContentDraft($contentInfo);
      $content = $contentService->publishVersion($contentDraft->versionInfo);
    }