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Re: Checksum error through RA_DAV on Win2K, with binary file

From: Branko Čibej <brane_at_xbc.nu>
Date: 2003-05-18 15:47:17 CEST

Mark Watts wrote:

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Branko Cibej [mailto:brane@xbc.nu]
>>Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 07:57
>>To: Francois Beausoleil
>>Cc: dev@subversion.tigris.org
>>
>>Francois Beausoleil wrote:
>>
>>[data corruption over ra_dav]
>>
>>
>>
>>>So, I am running Apache 2.0.45 (MSI installer), SVN 0.22.2
>>>
>>>
>>(r5918), Win
>>
>>
>>>XP Pro (No SP).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>There's your error. There is a bug in the Windows XP TCP
>>stack that can cause data corruption in certain edge cases,
>>which the Apache server happens to expose. Install SP1, and
>>your problem should go away.
>>
>>
>
>As a Windows user might I suggest that as this is a known issue, that the
>windows installer issue a warning about possible data corruption if running
>on XP and SP1 is not found. At the very least I would recommend a large
>comment in the release notes.
>
>

Strictly speaking, this is an Apache issue, not a Subversion issue. But
it does make sense for us to warn about that. Could you write a patch
for INSTALL? I expect we'd need a generic section on platform-specific
problems (the Mac OS X issue with BDB 4.0.x is another one)

-- 
Brane Čibej   <brane_at_xbc.nu>   http://www.xbc.nu/brane/
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