Many thanks for all the suggestions!!
A few responses mentioned permission issues. I don't think that's my
problem since I've been running "chown -R" and "chmod -R" on the
reposititory like a madman, and it doesn't help.
But I think I've got plenty to go on here. Since my main concern is
ongoing problems, the flakey DB 4.0.14 on OSX is good news. I'll
upgrade my svn away from that version of DB. I'll also try the dump and
restore trick my repository really is still readable.
Thanks mucho!
Steve
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sjohnson
> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 1:03 AM
> To: dev@subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: HELP!! - Berkeley DB error
>
>
> We've been using svn for about 6 weeks now without a problem
> prior to tonight. Tonight, we started getting this error
> when we tried to do anything with our repository:
>
> Berkeley DB error while checkpointing after Berkeley DB
> transaction for filesystem
> /usr/local/svn_repository/db: Invalid argument
>
> I did a "svnadmin recover" on the repository and then tried
> checking some things out. I then did an update in
> anticipation of a submit. This all seemed to work OK.
>
> Then I went to do a submit, and I got this error:
>
> Berkeley DB error while appending string for filesystem
> /usr/local/svn_repository/db:
> DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
>
> From this point on, even checkouts and updates give this
> error. If I again do a "svnadmin recover", then I"m back to
> the state where I can read from the repository, but any
> commit will fail again as above.
>
> Please please help. I just talked my colleague into
> switching to svn even though it's virgin software, and I fear
> that he's going to kill me when I tell him that the
> repository is horked. Please save my life if you can by
> helping me to work thru this problem. I'd be forever greatful!
>
> TIA,
>
> Steve Johnson
> DigitalFish Films
>
>
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