On Sunday 02 April 2006 22:22, Martin Ellison wrote:
> I have an svnadmin dump file which is showing checksum errors when I load
> it into a new repository on a new server. Unfortunately, I do not have
> access any more to the original repository and I need to recover to a new
> server. Attempts to recover on a file-by-file basis by hacking the dump
> file are now resulting in "File not found" errors.
>
> What I need is something to recover as much as possible from the dump
> file, even if it means losing a few files (mainly , I want the text files,
> and all the files that are causing the problems are binaries).
>
> Is there any way of fixinf this such as a "--force" option on the load or a
> cleanup program that creates a clean dump file?
There is no such option currently. If it's only showing checksum errors, then
the easiest thing to do is zero the md5sum. All zeroes is a wild card that
will always match. However, it may also mean your files are really
corrupted, so you'll want to go back and make sure that things look good.
-John
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Received on Wed Apr 19 11:26:44 2006