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Re: unable to open an ra_local...

From: Branko Čibej <brane_at_xbc.nu>
Date: 2004-10-03 18:31:06 CEST

Patrick Smears wrote:

>On Fri, 1 Oct 2004, [utf-8] Branko ÄŒibej wrote:
>
>
>
>>Read the FAQ:
>> http://subversion.tigris.org/project_faq.html#portability
>> http://subversion.tigris.org/project_faq.html#nfs
>>
>>Note that when we say "NFS" we mean _any_ network file sharing mechanism.
>>
>>
>
>I could be wrong, but I think when Mariano says "shared partition", he
>means "accessible by both Windows and Linux on the same machine", rather
>than shared on a network drive.
>
>(So, if I remember rightly, the problem is that the BDB file format isn't
>portable between operating systems - though in this case one *may* be able
>to get away with running "svnadmin recover" on the repository every time
>the OS is switched, it's not recommended). I believe the recommended
>solution is to use FSFS (with subversion 1.1).
>
>
Even if I misunderstood about "shared drive", it is still the case that
the svn-1.0.x server doesn't work on Win98.

-- Brane

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