On Jan 14, 2008, at 06:14, Roth, Pierre wrote:
>> We have a very old (v1.1) copy of subversion running on a linux
>> server with a Berkeley DB. We want to install a fresh copy of
>> subversion 1.4.5. on a Windows server and move the database to a
>> new Berkeley DB on this windows server.
>>
>> I have a copy of svn-1.4.5-setup.exe to install but have never
>> encountered Subversion or Berkeley before so am at a bit of a loss
>> to know how to export the Berkeley DB from Linux and import it
>> into windows. Is this possible to do and if so - where do I start?
>> Is anyone able to help?
>>
>>
>
> First, you could try to read subversion online book : http://
> svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.4/svn-book.html
>
> Then, you will be able to svnadmin dump your linux repository and
> svnadmin load your windows repository
>
Right. And when you "svnadmin create" your new repository on your
Windows box, note that it will by default *not* be a BerkeleyDB
repository but an FSFS repository. I recommend FSFS; it's less to
worry about. If you really want a BDB repository, use "svnadmin
create --fs-type bdb".
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Received on 2008-01-14 14:11:39 CET