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Posted to dev@subversion.apache.org by Timtohy <tr...@silverfields.com> on 2002/11/09 20:45:40 UTC
Problem accessing repository
Hello all.
I've just upgraded some packages on my machine. When I rebooted, and try
to access a svn repository, I am getting the error:
Expected version '1' of repository; found no version at all; is
`/home/subversion/musicDB' a valid repository path?
No software relating to svn was updated. Any ideas?
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Re: Problem accessing repository
Posted by Nuutti Kotivuori <na...@iki.fi>.
Philip Martin wrote:
> Timtohy <tr...@silverfields.com> writes:
>>> Timtohy <tr...@silverfields.com> writes:
>>>> I've just upgraded some packages on my machine. When I rebooted,
>>>> and try to access a svn repository, I am getting the error:
>>>>
>>>> Expected version '1' of repository; found no version at all; is
>>>> `/home/subversion/musicDB' a valid repository path?
>>
>> Well, I figured it out by creating a new repository, and looking
>> for differences. The problem ended up being that the file names
>> 'format' was not in my existing repositories, but was in the new
>> one. I simply copied it into all the ones that were no longer
>> working , and they worked.
>
> No! That's asking for trouble! If you created the repository with
> an old version of Subversion it would not have had a format file,
> but it also used a different format for the repository database
> tables. You need to follow the upgrade procedure: use an old
> version of svnadmin to dump the repository, and a new version of
> svnadmin to load the dump into a new repository.
It's funny how many people seem to do that - copy over the 'format'
file or just increment it so the repository "appears" to work.
I'm not sure what should be made to fix matters though - Timtohy, what
would have made you realize that you need to convert your repository
that a simple addition of the 'format' file would break things?
-- Naked
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Re: Problem accessing repository
Posted by Philip Martin <ph...@codematters.co.uk>.
Timtohy <tr...@silverfields.com> writes:
> > Timtohy <tr...@silverfields.com> writes:
> > > I've just upgraded some packages on my machine. When I rebooted, and
> > > try to access a svn repository, I am getting the error:
> > >
> > > Expected version '1' of repository; found no version at all; is
> > > `/home/subversion/musicDB' a valid repository path?
>
> Well, I figured it out by creating a new repository, and looking for
> differences. The problem ended up being that the file names 'format' was
> not in my existing repositories, but was in the new one. I simply copied
> it into all the ones that were no longer working , and they worked.
No! That's asking for trouble! If you created the repository with an
old version of Subversion it would not have had a format file, but it
also used a different format for the repository database tables. You
need to follow the upgrade procedure: use an old version of svnadmin
to dump the repository, and a new version of svnadmin to load the dump
into a new repository.
--
Philip Martin
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Re: Problem accessing repository
Posted by Timtohy <tr...@silverfields.com>.
On 09 Nov 2002 15:51:41 -0600
Karl Fogel <kf...@newton.ch.collab.net> wrote:
> Timtohy <tr...@silverfields.com> writes:
> > I've just upgraded some packages on my machine. When I rebooted, and
> > try to access a svn repository, I am getting the error:
> >
> > Expected version '1' of repository; found no version at all; is
> > `/home/subversion/musicDB' a valid repository path?
> >
> > No software relating to svn was updated. Any ideas?
>
> Need much more detail. It would help to know:
>
> - what you upgraded (was Apache in the list?)
> - what access method you're using with the repository
> - what version of Subversion (client and server)
>
> Sometimes this can be because repository permissions are wrong, take a
> look at that?
>
> -K
Well, I figured it out by creating a new repository, and looking for
differences. The problem ended up being that the file names 'format' was
not in my existing repositories, but was in the new one. I simply copied
it into all the ones that were no longer working , and they worked.
Nothing I upgraded had anything to do with subversion, and would not have
even known that that file existed.
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Re: Problem accessing repository
Posted by Karl Fogel <kf...@newton.ch.collab.net>.
Timtohy <tr...@silverfields.com> writes:
> I've just upgraded some packages on my machine. When I rebooted, and try
> to access a svn repository, I am getting the error:
>
> Expected version '1' of repository; found no version at all; is
> `/home/subversion/musicDB' a valid repository path?
>
> No software relating to svn was updated. Any ideas?
Need much more detail. It would help to know:
- what you upgraded (was Apache in the list?)
- what access method you're using with the repository
- what version of Subversion (client and server)
Sometimes this can be because repository permissions are wrong, take a
look at that?
-K
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