David Chapman <dcchap...@acm.org> writes: > On 1/25/2016 3:59 AM, Niemann, Hartmut wrote: >> >> I want to upgrade my Linux box from Debian Jessie (32bit) to Debian >> Jessie (64bit). >> >> For the transition time, the machine will boot alternating the 32bit >> and the 64bit OS. >> >> I have several SVN repositories and working copies on it. >> >> Is it safe to share SVN repositories and working copies between >> 32bit and 64 bit? >> >> (Jessie ships with 1.8.10, as far as I know.)
It should just work for both repositories and working copies. > I wouldn't try this approach for a machine with repositories. I had a > repository on a 64-bit Linux machine, then bought a 32-bit micro > server that I could keep running all the time. I was unable to copy > the repository directory tree directly, even though both were Intel > architecture machines. I had to dump and load (with svnadmin). I'd > be surprised if this has changed in the last three years. It's hard to work out what went wrong from that vague description. In the unlikely event that you were using a BDB repository then there are BDB library compatibility issues: a recover/upgrade may be needed and downgrading to older BDB is not always possible. -- Philip Martin WANdisco
