> > Can you actually use a new repository created by svnadmin 1.5 with your > 1.6.12 server install? Or is it just previous repositories that are working? > > Yes. With my 1.6.12 server install, if I create a new repository like this:
#svnadmin create --pre-1.6-compatible myproject then it works fine. But if I create simply like this: #svnadmin create myproject then I get those atomic transaction error message. Any previous repositories that were created with 1.5 (1.5.1 to be exact) engine works fine with 1.6.12 server install. > could you possible try to downgrade? It seems to have to do with using > NFS shares. > My Linux distribution (Debian) right now either offers 1.5.1 or 1.6.12 as binary packages. Getting a 1.6.11 to install will take some additional work to install because of integrated dependencies and all. I can see easily tell whether the repository is 1.5 based or 1.6 based as follow: For 1.5 the contents of projectA/db/format: 3 layout sharded 1000 For 1.6 the contents of projectA/db/format will be: 4 layout sharded 1000 I guess until somebody finds a workaround I will have to live with creating 1.5 compatible repositories from my Linux machine only.