Re: file size limit reached error?

["John L. Coker" <jo...@jcsw.com>]

Kevin Brannen wrote:
> I know I had to (or I think it forced me to :-) install BDB before I 
> could make svn...

I am having the same problem when importing an existing tree into my new SVN installation.  The import chugs on for a while and then exits with the "File size limit exceeded" error (no other info).  The source tree (web content) is 2.7Gb (mostly because of images and video).  Note that I'm running the import from the same machine as the installation, using the file: notation.

I'm using the pre-compiled RPM on RedHat 3 (Intel) with the default settings which seem to be BDB.  Do I need to do a custom compilation for my machine or do I need to update a particular library?

John

Re: file size limit reached error?

[Ryan Schmidt <su...@ryandesign.com>]

On Oct 3, 2005, at 20:59, John L. Coker wrote:

> Kevin Brannen wrote:
> > I know I had to (or I think it forced me to :-) install BDB before I
> > could make svn...
>
> I am having the same problem when importing an existing tree into  
> my new SVN installation.  The import chugs on for a while and then  
> exits with the "File size limit exceeded" error (no other info).   
> The source tree (web content) is 2.7Gb (mostly because of images  
> and video).  Note that I'm running the import from the same machine  
> as the installation, using the file: notation.
>
> I'm using the pre-compiled RPM on RedHat 3 (Intel) with the default  
> settings which seem to be BDB.  Do I need to do a custom  
> compilation for my machine or do I need to update a particular  
> library?
BDB repositories are probably available through Subversion installed  
using those RPMs, but as of Subversion 1.2, the default repository  
type is FSFS, not BDB.

If you're trying to import 2.7 GB all at once, you'll make a single  
2.7-GB revision file, which exceeds APR 0.9's 2-GB limit. Use APR 1.0  
if you need individual files (in this case, individual revisions) to  
exceed this size.

Another solution, if you're not ready to upgrade to APR 1.0 yet, is  
to import less than 2 GB at a time (break it up into separate  
revisions). There's no problem with having more than 2 GB in the  
repository; it's only a problem having more than 2 GB in a single  
revision, with APR 0.9.



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