> On May 7, 2010, at 10:09, Felix E. Klee wrote:
>
> > From a server that is not running anymore, I have a backup of the
> Subversion database: /var/db/svn
>
> It would have been better to back up a dumpfile of the repository, since
> dumpfiles are portable.
>
>
> > Now I want to check out the latest version of every repository in that
> database. What's the best way to proceed?
>
> Since you only have the old database, your best bet is to get a machine
> with the same processor architecture as the old server, and a version of
> Subversion at least as new, and access the repository. If the repository
> is using BerkeleyDB (BDB) you should also use the same version of
> BerkeleyDB that the old server was using, otherwise you may need to do
> some upgrades on the repository before you can read it.
Might it just be easier using svn 1.6.11 to access each repository using the file:// protocol and do a check out?
BOb
Received on 2010-05-07 19:02:28 CEST