> I am trying to move a Subversion repository from one server > (running Windows > XP Professional SP3) to another (running Linux Debian 5 Lenny) > > The first server (on Windows) actually has Subversion installed > through a > VisualSVN GUI interface. > The second server has Subversion version 1.5.1 installed from > Debian packet > (as it is the latest stable version provided by Debian). > > I first tried to just copy the directory from the first computer to > the > second one, and check if it works. > But unfortunately, when trying to checkout the repository content, > I got the > following error message : > > "Format de stockage attendu entre '1' et '3' ; format trouvé '4'" > > (so in English, something like "Expected storage format between '1' > and '3', > found format '4'") > > Seeing that, I completely deleted the repository that I just > copied, and I > tried again, creating a new empty repository and moving using > "svnadmin > dump" on the first computer, and "svnadmin load" on the second one.
Can you run svnadmin --version in the same pwd that you did the load to see what version of svnadmin you are running. BOb > > But, more surprisingly, when trying to checkout, I still get this > very same > error message .... !!!??? > > So I ask the question : > How can I move repositories between computers running different OS, > different versions of Subversion and different repository formats ? > > Is there any mean to convert a repository from one format to > another ? > > And also : > What are the actual formats identified by the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 > (and maybe > 5, 6, etc) ?? > > Best regards, > > Gingko >
