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Re: Subversion Problem: Can't get exclusive lock on file

From: Troy Curtis Jr <troycurtisjr_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 19:10:26 -0600

On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Doug Martin <martindg_at_slpasoft.com> wrote:

> Very new to the version control process and Subversion and having a
> recurring problem. I can find references to this problem in various
> lists but no solution that I can wrap my head around.
>
> Running two mac platforms - MacBook Plus (10.4.11) and iMac (10.4.11). I
> have svn installed on both machines and can create and populate
> repositories on either machine on local drive. When I mount the iMac
> from the MacBook I can create a repository on the mounted drive:
>
> svnadmin create /Volumes/Macintosh\
> HD/Users/user/Development/svn/new_sams - Works
>
> However, when I try to import into the repository I get an error.
>
> svn import /Library/WebServer/Documents/temp/ file:///Volumes/Macintosh\
> HD/Users/user/Development/svn/new_sams/ -m "install"
>
> svn: Can't get exclusive lock on file '/Volumes/Macintosh
> HD/Users/user/Development/svn/new_sams/db/transactions/0-1.txn/rev-lock':
> Operation not supported
>
> --
> Doug Martin, Ph.D.
> Manager - Instructional Design Group
> Adjunct Associate Professor of Audiology
> University of Cincinnati
> 513-556-6689
> doug.martin_at_uc.edu
>
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I believe the issue here is that the filesystem that the repo is on does not
support exclusive file locking. The solution here is to not use filesystems
that don't support exclusive file-locking. I don't know any of the details
of how the MAC <-> MAC network file sharing is implemented, but I think you
are out of luck using that file access method. Stick to local drives or
perhaps switch to NFS or something like that.

Troy

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