Re: Wishlist.

[ including users in the cc list, please remove dev@ in responses ]

> I had two versions of subversion on my system, one was the stock debian
> package for stable (0.8, with bdb) and the other hand-built installed
> in /usr/local (1.1.1, with fsfs).
> 
> I should have removed the old version.
> 
> I should have used .bashrc and .bash_profile correctly, instead of just
> putting it all in .bash_profile, since I tend to always log in.
> 
> When doing a remote svn+ssh request, the old svnadmin was used, and my
> repository was corrupted.

Actually, it was not. Your old svn just did not understand the structure of
fsfs ...

> My request is that if svnadmin starts an operation in a repository 
> with the wrong fs-type (fsfs vs. bdb) it stops and complains.
> 
> Instead, my nodes, changes and strings filed were deleted.  The
> repository is unlikely to be recovered.

... since fsfs does not use (or even create) a nodes, changes or strings
file.

You can remove the bdb related files, remove the old svn install and make
sure the new one is in your path. Nothing should be damaged.


HTH,


Erik.

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