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Re: "Can't close activity db: Error string not specified yet" error

From: Milen A. Radev <milen_at_radev.net>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 22:31:24 +0300

2008/10/6 Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>:
> Eugen Stoianovici wrote:
>> I'm relocating a repository to another server. From what i've read i
>> thought it is enough just to copy the repository to the other server so
>
> No, that's not enough. And you should never, ever do that (unless you
> know exactly what you're doing).
>
> Always dump the repository:
> $ svnadmin dump /path/to/repo > dumpfile
> then on the new server, load the dumpfile
> $ svnadmin create /path/to/repo
> $ svnadmin load /path/to/repo < dumpfile

The last one should include the "--force-uuid" option as in:

$ svnadmin load --force-uuid /path/to/repo < dumpfile

-- 
Milen A. Radev
Received on 2008-10-06 21:31:32 CEST

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