Hi,
Here's a patch for the FAQ that explains this. Does someone want to add
it?
Ralph.
Index: /extra/ralph/svn/www/project_faq.html
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--- /extra/ralph/svn/www/project_faq.html (revision 5843)
+++ /extra/ralph/svn/www/project_faq.html (working copy)
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@
<li><a href="#revert">Why does the <tt>svn revert</tt> require an
explicit target? Why is it not recursive by default? These
behaviors differ from almost all the other subcommands.</a></li>
+<li><a href="#redhat-db">I'm getting "Function not implemented" errors on
+ RedHat 9, and nothing works. How do I fix this?</a></li>
<p>
<strong>References:</strong>
@@ -856,9 +858,37 @@
forever.</p>
-<![CDATA[=========================================================]]>
+<!-- ========================================================= -->
+<h3><a name="redhat-db">I'm getting "Function not implemented" errors on RedHat
+9, and nothing works. How do I fix this?</a></h3>
+<p>This is not really a problem with subversion, but it often effects
+subversion users.</p>
+
+<p>RedHat 9 ships with a Berkeley DB library that relies upon the kernel
+support for NPTL (the Native Posix Threads Library).</p>
+
+<p>The kernels that RedHat provides have this support build in, but if you
+compile your own kernel from the kernel.org sources, then you may well not have
+the NPTL support. If that is the case, then you will see errors like this:
+<blockquote><pre>
+svn: Berkeley DB error
+svn: Berkeley DB error while creating environment for filesystem tester/db:
+Function not implemented
+</pre></blockquote>
+This can be fixed in one of several ways:
+<ul>
+<li>Rebuild db4 for the kernel you're using.</li>
+<li>Use a RedHat 9 kernel.</li>
+<li>Apply the NPTL patches to the kernel you're using.</li>
+<li>Use a recent (2.5.x) kernel with the NPTL support included.</li>
+</ul>
+</p>
+
+<![CDATA[-----------------------------------------------------------]]>
+
+
<p>
<hr>
<p>
On Fri, 2003-05-09 at 10:40, azl wrote:
> I'm running a 2.4.20 kernel.org kernel with no patches.
> Is there a specific place I need to get NPTL from, and/or a specific
> version I need to have?
>
> Also is this documented anywhere in the subversion docs that this is a
> requirement for subversion on linux? If not should it be since this
> isn't something that comes in the standard kernel.org kernel?
>
> Asiel
>
> Ralph Loader wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >What kernel are you running?
> >
> >I saw something similar due to running a kernel that doesn't have
> >support for NPTL.
> >
> >Ralph.
> >
> >On Fri, 2003-05-09 at 08:22, azl wrote:
> >
> >
> >>When using the subversion RPM from red hat
> >>(subversion_0.17.1-4503.0_i386.rpm) or latest the RPMs available on the
> >>website (subversion-0.21.0-5641.i386.rpm). I get the following error
> >>when trying to run "svnadmin create":
> >>svnadmin create tester
> >>svn: Berkeley DB error
> >>svn: Berkeley DB error while creating environment for filesystem tester/db:
> >>Function not implemented
> >>
> >>Is there something that I'm missing?
> >>
> >>Asiel
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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