Could this have something to do with the version of APR? I keep finding
various forum posts that allude to problems with large files and old
versions of APR. We're using APR 0.9.12 which seems pretty recent.
On 10/12/07, David Ferguson <ferguson.david@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Okay, I've narrowed down the problem. If I run the following command on a
> 32-bit machine running RHEL4p4, it fails:
>
> $ /tools/bin/svnlook changed /home/svn/svnrepo_links/xyz -r 5454
> svnlook: Can't set position pointer in file
> '/home/svn/svnrepo_links/xyz/db/revs/5454': Value too large for defined data
> type
>
> If I run the same command on a 64-bit machine running RHEL4p4, the above
> command works.
>
> Why would 32 vs. 64 matter? Is there a limit in Subversion? Again, I'm
> using Subversion 1.4.3 and db/revs/5454 is a 2.6G file.
>
> thanks,
> David
>
>
>
> On 10/12/07, Srilakshmanan, Lakshman <lakshman.srilakshmanan@police.vic.gov.au>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > > The svn server is running RHEL 4, update 4 with Apache 2.2.3 and
> > > Subversion 1.4.3. Repository is mounted over NFS.
> >
> > Wouldn't mounting a repository over NFS result in repository corruption.
> >
> > Thanks
> > lakshman
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ryan Schmidt [mailto: subversion-2007b@ryandesign.com]
> > Sent: Friday, 12 October 2007 2:51 PM
> > To: David Ferguson
> > Cc: Subversion Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: Help! Urgent problem.
> >
> > On Oct 11, 2007, at 22:15, David Ferguson wrote:
> >
> > > A user just checked in a very large commit in r5454. The db/revs/
> > > 5454 file
> > > is 2.6G. Now, when anyone tries to make another commit, they get this
> >
> >
> > > error from the pre-commit hooks:
> > >
> > > svn: 'pre-commit' hook failed with error output:
> > > /tools/bin/svnlook changed /home/svn/svnrepo_links/xyz -t 5454-1
> > > svnlook: Can't set position pointer in file
> > > '/home/svn/svnrepo_links/xyz/db/revs/5454': Value too large for
> > > defined data type
> > >
> > > I disabled my pre-commit and was able to make another commit, but then
> >
> > > then the post-commit scripts failed in the same way.
> > >
> > > Updates seem to work just fine.. What the heck is going on here?
> > >
> > > The svn server is running RHEL 4, update 4 with Apache 2.2.3 and
> > > Subversion 1.4.3. Repository is mounted over NFS.
> >
> > APR 0.9 had problems with files (hence: revisions) > 2 GB, but Apache
> > 2.2.x uses APR 1.2 which doesn't have that problem.
> >
> > Does your filesystem have problems with files that large?
> >
> > What are the pre- and post-commit scripts doing?
> >
> >
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Received on Fri Oct 12 20:48:01 2007