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Re: Unknown FS type 'fsfs' when creating new repos

From: Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2006-11-01 15:42:11 CET

On 11/1/06, Kenny Jepson <kenny-svnlist@cardservice-int.com> wrote:
> Hello:
>
> I took great pains to install subversion 1.4 from source on OS X with BDB
> support. After reading somewhat more of the book, I decided FSFS is likely
> preferable for my application, however, when attempting to create an FSFS
> repository I get the following:
>
> # svnadmin create test_repos --fs-type fsfs
> svn: Unknown FS type 'fsfs'
>
> I get a similar complaint for 'bdb' if I just use the default command
>
> # svnadmin create test_repos2
> svn: Unknown FS type 'bdb'
>
> I'm guessing the second one is because I don't have the bdb engine running
> at present. I'll test that shortly.
> However, I'm mostly concerned with creating the FSFS type repos. Have I
> managed to install subversion without support for the FSFS system?

fsfs has been the default since svn 1.2. That svnadmin is attempting
to create a bdb repository without you explicitly telling it to do so
suggests to me that you have a pre-1.2 binary in your path somewhere,
ahead of a later version.

What is the output of svnadmin --version?

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