Read-Only file systems (Was: Worst Error Message?)

2011-08-01 Thread Markus Schaber
Hi, Von: Ulrich Eckhardt [mailto:ulrich.eckha...@dominolaser.com] > Consider something is inherently read-only (e.g. a > CDROM) or the server just failed to fulfill my request because it ran out > of diskspace. Just out of curiosity: Can subversion cope with repositories and working-copies on

Re: Read-Only file systems (Was: Worst Error Message?)

2011-08-01 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 04:12:41PM +0200, Markus Schaber wrote: > Can subversion cope with repositories and working-copies on read-only media? > > Maybe some Live-Demo CD bringing an example SVN repository? No. If you want to make a live CD, put the repository and working copies on a ramdisk or

AW: Read-Only file systems (Was: Worst Error Message?)

2011-08-01 Thread Markus Schaber
Hi, Von: Stefan Sperling [mailto:s...@elego.de] > On Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 04:12:41PM +0200, Markus Schaber wrote: > > Can subversion cope with repositories and working-copies on read-only > media? > > > > Maybe some Live-Demo CD bringing an example SVN repository? > > No. So subversion needs wr

Re: Read-Only file systems (Was: Worst Error Message?)

2011-08-01 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 04:38:46PM +0200, Markus Schaber wrote: > > Hi, > > Von: Stefan Sperling [mailto:s...@elego.de] > > On Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 04:12:41PM +0200, Markus Schaber wrote: > > > Can subversion cope with repositories and working-copies on > read-only > > media? > > > > > > Maybe so

Re: Read-Only file systems (Was: Worst Error Message?)

2011-08-01 Thread Konstantin Kolinko
2011/8/1 Stefan Sperling : > On Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 04:38:46PM +0200, Markus Schaber wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Von: Stefan Sperling [mailto:s...@elego.de] >> > On Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 04:12:41PM +0200, Markus Schaber wrote: >> > > Can subversion cope with repositories and working-copies on >> read-on

Re: Read-Only file systems (Was: Worst Error Message?)

2011-08-01 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 10:16:53PM +0400, Konstantin Kolinko wrote: > 2011/8/1 Stefan Sperling : > > On Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 04:38:46PM +0200, Markus Schaber wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> Von: Stefan Sperling [mailto:s...@elego.de] > >> > On Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 04:12:41PM +0200, Markus Schaber wr

AW: Read-Only file systems (Was: Worst Error Message?)

2011-08-02 Thread Markus Schaber
Hi, Von: Stefan Sperling [mailto:s...@elego.de] > > It is written in SVN book that repository that uses FSFS should work > > on read-only media. > > Is it something that was broken recently? > > > > - see "Usable from a read-only mount" row in the table in the middle > > of > > > > http://svnbook

Re: Read-Only file systems (Was: Worst Error Message?)

2011-08-02 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 10:09:06AM +0200, Markus Schaber wrote: > > stsp: (re: users@) read only operations on a fsfs repository > don't > > obtain a lock (and don't need write access). Only commit and revprop > > changes should need write access. (I don't know what is required for > bdb). > > We

Re: Read-Only file systems (Was: Worst Error Message?)

2011-08-02 Thread Daniel Shahaf
Stefan Sperling wrote on Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 10:22:23 +0200: > On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 10:09:06AM +0200, Markus Schaber wrote: > > > stsp: (re: users@) read only operations on a fsfs repository > > don't > > > obtain a lock (and don't need write access). Only commit and revprop > > > changes shou

Re: Read-Only file systems (Was: Worst Error Message?)

2011-08-02 Thread Daniel Shahaf
Daniel Shahaf wrote on Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 13:25:18 +0300: > Though, there is a standing backport for svn_fs_verify() which would > break that... I'll follow up on dev@. Actually, a quick test tells me that it's possible to read an SQLite database that lives on a read-only mount. Naturally, tha