[ Santosh, note that Johan did reply with some questions at the bottom, in addition to his bracketed remark at the top. ]
Johan Corveleyn wrote on Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 09:50:51 +0100: > [ please don't top-post on this list, i.e. please put your reply at > the bottom, or inline, below the thing you're replying to. ] > > On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 9:20 AM, santhosh kumar <santhoshkal...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 12:56 PM, santhosh kumar <santhoshkal...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >> From: Johan Corveleyn <jcor...@gmail.com> > >> Date: Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 12:55 AM > >> Subject: Re: Problem with My SVN Server > >> To: Nico Kadel-Garcia <nka...@gmail.com> > >> Cc: santhoshkal...@gmail.com, users@subversion.apache.org > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 6:11 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia <nka...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 9:30 AM, santhosh kumar > >> > <santhoshkal...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Hi > >> >> > >> >> This is Santhosh Kumar from Bangalore, I have a chat with Mr. C. > >> >> Michael > >> >> Pilato regarding a problem with My SVN Server, he suggested me to > >> >> contact in > >> >> this mail id. > >> >> > >> >> I am expecting a positive output from your group. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> I have a svn server, I was using it for the past 6-8 months without any > >> >> problem. > >> >> > >> >> The problem is that, I am not able to check out a file from the svn > >> >> server > >> >> system. But the same file can be checked out from any other linux box. > >> >> > >> >> From the server I wanted to checkout the same file for some script. It > >> >> is a > >> >> tar.bz2 file > >> >> > >> >> The error is > >> >> > >> >> svn: Can't open file 'flse/.svn/tmp/text-base/pgms.tar.bz2.svn-base': > >> >> Permission denied. > >> >> > >> >> But the same file I am able to do a check out from another linux box. I > >> >> am > >> >> running the checkout as root user- having all permission. > >> >> > >> >> Request you to assist me with this. > >> >> > >> >> with hopes.......... > >> >> > >> >> Santhosh Kumar K V > >> > > >> > Well, the error message seems pretty clear. You can't open > >> > "'flse/.svn/tmp/text-base/pgms.tar.bz2.svn-base". Check the > >> > permissions, and contents, of the relevant directory and files. > >> > > >> > Personally, I'd wonder if you'd accidentally screwed up your working > >> > copy by some other issue, such as running out of space in the midst of > >> > a checkout. And I'd consider making a clean new checkout to a new > >> > workspace, and comparing its contents to your existing working copy. > >> > >> Also, you may want to check for a "case-conflict" of that particular > >> file inside your repository. I.e. two files with filenames that only > >> differ in case (e.g. pgms.tar.bz2 and Pgms.tar.bz2). This can give > >> problems when checking out on a case-insensitive filesystem (which may > >> manifest itself with an error such as this one). > >> > > Thanks for your support, But the problem still remains > > You'll have to provide some more information if you want to help other > people help you :-). > > What did you try? > > - Did you check the permissions/ownership of the file > 'flse/.svn/tmp/text-base/pgms.tar.bz2.svn-base' on the client that's > having the problem? > > - What's the filesystem on the client where you're having the problem? > Is the working copy by any chance on a remote disk, mounted via NFS or > CIFS? If so, is it by any chance a shared working copy, with other > users or clients from other PC's accessing it as well? > > - What's the exact OS on the client having the problem? Any specific > differences with the "other linux boxes" that don't have the problem? > > - Did you look at the repository, to see if there is maybe a > "case-conflict" (two files with filenames only differing in case)? > What's the output of "svn ls $REPOS_URL/$SUBDIR/flse"? > > - If all else fails, a workaround is to simply check out a new working > copy (and transfer your outstanding local modifications from the > broken working copy to the new one manually (or automatically, by > copying all files from the old to the new, but excluding .svn > directories)). That is: if the problem does not re-appear in your new > working copy ... > > HTH, > -- > Johan
