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Re: database corruption

From: Max Bowsher <maxb_at_ukf.net>
Date: 2004-07-16 18:36:23 CEST

Pejvan BEIGUI wrote:
> Max Bowsher wrote:
>
>> Try this:
>>
>> Make a *copy* of your repository. Using this copy:
>>
>> Delete the __db.00* files from the db subdirectory of the repository.
>>
>> Run "svnadmin verify" on the repository.
>>
>> If it works, great, if not, post the exact error message.
>>
> rather good news (although very bizarre too!):
>> svnadmin recover /Users/pejvan/Safe/subversion-repository
>> Please wait; recovering the repository may take some time...
>> svn: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
> and then:
>> svnadmin verify /Users/pejvan/Safe/subversion-repository
>> * Verified revision 0.
> [...]
>> * Verified revision 34.
>
> then I'm able to checkout the anything (or anything I tried).
> But I'm unable to commit and trying to commit makes again this :
>> svn commit -m "cleaned up code for release"
>> Sending main.m
>> Sending vidal-menu.xcode/pejvan.pbxuser
>> Sending vidalMenuObject.m
>> Transmitting file data ..Abort
>
>> svn log
>> svn: Unable to open an ra_local session to URL
>> svn: Unable to open repository
>> 'file:///Users/pejvan/Safe/subversion-repository/vidal-menu/trunk'
>> svn: Berkeley DB error while opening environment for filesystem
>> /Users/pejvan/Safe/subversion-repository/db: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error,
>> run database recovery
>
>> svn status
>> L .
>> M main.m
>> L French.lproj
>> L French.lproj/MainMenu.nib
>> L vidal-menu.xcode
>> M vidal-menu.xcode/pejvan.pbxuser
>> M vidalMenuObject.m
>> L English.lproj
>> L English.lproj/MainMenu.nib
>
>> svn log -r HEAD
>> svn: Unable to open an ra_local session to URL
>> svn: Unable to open repository
>> 'file:///Users/pejvan/Safe/subversion-repository/vidal-menu/trunk'
>> svn: Berkeley DB error while opening environment for filesystem
>> /Users/pejvan/Safe/subversion-repository/db: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error,
>> run database recovery
>
> Seems something is broken here.
>
> thanks a lot Max, Ben, Garrett for your help. You are very helpful and
> kind to help me get out of this mess :-)
>
> What's to do next ?

That's very odd.

Try the same thing, but "svnadmin dump" instead of "svnadmin verify".

If you can get a complete dump, then just load it into a new repository, and
problem solved.

If not, post error messages.

Max.

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