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Re: Sharing SVN-Repository between Linux/x86 and WinNT

From: Brian W. Fitzpatrick <fitz_at_red-bean.com>
Date: 2003-12-05 01:35:55 CET

On Dec 4, 2003, at 12:29 PM, Aaron Optimizer Digulla wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've created a repository on a Memory stick under Linux and
> then tried to checkout the contents on WinNT but I just
> get the message that the DB is corrupt and that I must
> use the DB utils to recover it.

> Isn't it possible to access the same repository from Windows
> and Linux (for example via NFS or Samba)?

No.

> Doesn't the DB store its files in binary mode?

Yes.

Sorry... we use Berkeley DB on the backend, and BDB files are not
designed to be portable between architectures/OS'es.

-Fitz

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