On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 11:45:33AM +0200, Sander Striker wrote:
> > From: Nicholas Riley [mailto:njriley@uiuc.edu]
> > Sent: 14 October 2002 11:25
>
> > On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 08:29:09PM -0400, Kevin D. Bond wrote:
> > > Please note that there is a bug with MUTEXs in Berkeley DB 4.0 under
> > > Mac OS X. In fact I had problems with everything from 3.3 to 4.0. 4.1
> > > includes a fix, you can get the mutex change from 4.1 and include it in
> > > 4.0. If unfixed, this bug will cause database corruption during
> > > concurrent writes to the database.
> >
> > This explains why I can't run a Subversion server on OS X for more
> > than about 5 commits before the database explodes. I've spent days
> > trying to track down this problem already, but didn't get anywhere
> > (probably because I was looking inside Subversion instead of BDB for
> > the problem).
> >
> > Do you have a patch for 4.0.14 to fix the mutex problems? If so I can
> > test it out... I've got plenty of test cases - for example, all I need
> > to do is create a new repository, import a dumpfile, and I get errors
> > with the version I'm using.
>
> If this is the case then I think it is a very valid reason for us to consider
> making db 4.1 the required version. Justin already submitted a patch.
>
> Any reasons why we shouldn't move to 4.1 and stick with 4.0?
DB4.0 isn't all that common yet, let alone 4.1.
IMO, the ideal situation is to allow 4.0 *or* 4.1, and tweak our calls
accordingly. In addition, if you're on MacOS X, then require 4.1.
So... +0 on requiring 4.1, +1 if coded as above.
Cheers,
-g
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Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/
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