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Re: Unexplained "Corrupt representation" errors with 1.8.1

From: Daniel Shahaf <danielsh_at_elego.de>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 05:17:31 +0300

Stefan Fuhrmann wrote on Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 19:58:06 +0200:
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 7:48 PM, Ben Reser <ben_at_reser.org> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Philip Martin
> > <philip.martin_at_wandisco.com> wrote:
> > > Looking at the repository path ('CONVERSION' and 'test') and the fact
> > > that the error vanished when httpd was restarted is it possible this
> > > involved a temporary repository being replaced by another repository at
> > > the same path with the same UUID. If that happens I think apache may
> > > have been using the in-memory cache associated with the old repository
> > > when accessing the new repository.
> >
> > Realistically the UUID really shouldn't be used by caching to decide
> > if it's looking at the same repo. Since it's exposed to clients users
> > doing dump/load cycles are going to modify repos and end up with the
> > same UUID. I'd suggest that we add another UUID that isn't exposed to
> > the client and that svnadmin can't modify with load. The cache system
> > should use this UUID for cache purposes.
> >
>
> +1. Let's call that UUID "instance ID".

How about the inode number of the db/ directory?

The issue of "instance UUID" already came up in the context of svnsync
write-through proxy mirrors, to distinguish the slave from the master.
Received on 2013-08-01 04:18:12 CEST

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