Re: Debian Linux 32 vs. 64 bit

David Chapman <dcchapman_at_acm.org> writes:

> On 1/25/2016 3:59 AM, Niemann, Hartmut wrote:
>>
>> I want to upgrade my Linux box from Debian Jessie (32bit) to Debian
>> Jessie (64bit).
>>
>> For the transition time, the machine will boot alternating the 32bit
>> and the 64bit OS.
>>
>> I have several SVN repositories and working copies on it.
>>
>> Is it safe to share SVN repositories and working copies between
>> 32bit and 64 bit?
>>
>> (Jessie ships with 1.8.10, as far as I know.)

It should just work for both repositories and working copies.

> I wouldn't try this approach for a machine with repositories. I had a
> repository on a 64-bit Linux machine, then bought a 32-bit micro
> server that I could keep running all the time. I was unable to copy
> the repository directory tree directly, even though both were Intel
> architecture machines. I had to dump and load (with svnadmin). I'd
> be surprised if this has changed in the last three years.

It's hard to work out what went wrong from that vague description. In
the unlikely event that you were using a BDB repository then there are
BDB library compatibility issues: a recover/upgrade may be needed and
downgrading to older BDB is not always possible.

-- 
Philip Martin
WANdisco