Hi, Julien, Von: CHAZAL Julien [julien.cha...@atos.net]
> I manage a Subversion server that has the following configuration : > - SVN 1.6.9 > - FSFS storage mode > - Apache + mod_dav + subversion modules > - Linux Suse Enterprise Edition 32-bit > > I have to perform a CVS to SVN migration. I use the tool "cvs2svn" to > generate a dump file from my CVS server and I use the "svnadmin" command to > load this dump file on my Subversion target server. I use a binary transfer > mode with SFTP when I have to move a dump from my former CVS server to my SVN > server. > > I did this operation for many CVS repositories and it works fine, except for > ONE repository (size around 300 MB) where I encounter the following error: > - 'vnadmin: Dump stream contains a malformed header (with no ':') at ' > > I tried to regenerate many times my dump file from cvs2svn tool. I checked > the header of this dump fil and it sounds good (I compared it with other dump > from cvs2svn tool). I took a look on the web and I find a command to clear > the dump file obtained by cvs2svn, but anyway, it doesn't work too: I can't > load this dump file. As I have ever said, the error above concern an only ONE > cvs repository. Actually, I can load all others repositories from the same > CVS server to the same SVN server by using the same commands and operations. > > You'll find below the commands I use to perform my migration : > - CVS side: cvs2svn --dumpfile=DUMP_FILE.dump CVS_REPO > --symbol-default=heuristic --encoding='latin1' --force-branch=ToPromote > - SVN side: svnadmin load MY_REPO_PATH < DUMP_FILE.dump > > Is there somebody know the reason why I encounter this error? Any idea about > how to resolve this issue? Just to exclude systematic dump corruption during the transfer between those 2 machines: Could you use md5sum or sha256sum or a similar tool to verify that the dump file is still identical on the second machine? Best regards Markus Schaber -- We software Automation. 3S-Smart Software Solutions GmbH Markus Schaber | Developer Memminger Str. 151 | 87439 Kempten | Germany | Tel. +49-831-54031-0 | Fax +49-831-54031-50 Email: m.scha...@3s-software.com | Web: http://www.3s-software.com CoDeSys internet forum: http://forum.3s-software.com Download CoDeSys sample projects: http://www.3s-software.com/index.shtml?sample_projects Managing Directors: Dipl.Inf. Dieter Hess, Dipl.Inf. Manfred Werner | Trade register: Kempten HRB 6186 | Tax ID No.: DE 167014915