> 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
