Re: svn 1.6 - compression svndiff format data failed

On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 07:47:16AM -0500, Phil wrote:
> Setting LC_ALL=C does not work either. Wonder why it works for v1.7 but
> not for v1.6. Again, I'm getting "svn: Compression of svndiff data failed"
> when executing "svn co svn://path/to/repo/prj working_directory". But if I
> do a "svn co file:///...." then it's okay for v1.6.

The error is coming from zlib when compressing data.
Maybe svnserve is failing to compress data for transmission to the
client via the svn:// protocol.

If you use file:// the only possible interaction with zlib during a
checkout is decompressing data. Though it might not even be trying to
decompress anything at all depending on the content of the respitory
you are checking out from.

I would suspect that your Subversion 1.6 install has a problem with the
zlib it is using.

Has checkout ever worked with 1.6 and suddenly stopped working?
Was zlib updated or recompiled without also recompiling its dependencies?
Or are you trying to get a fresh Subversion install working?

That's all I can tell you given the information you provided.
Not sure what the problem really is, though.
Received on 2011-12-21 14:06:11 CET