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Re: Unexplained "Corrupt representation" errors with 1.8.1

From: Branko Čibej <brane_at_wandisco.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 05:31:56 +0200

On 01.08.2013 04:17, Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> 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?

Very portable, extremely cross-platform, does not rely on details of
filesystem design at all. :)

-- Brane

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Branko Čibej | Director of Subversion
WANdisco // Non-Stop Data
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Received on 2013-08-01 05:32:43 CEST

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