Yup, usually happens with float and double data types. Sample programs in BDB work on C/C++ structures which isn't portable. Trick is to store key and value pairs as strings or XML internally. Takes up more space but makes BDB portable across all platforms and architectures.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Miguel A Paraz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 5:30 PM Subject: Re: [plug] Subversion Experiences > Here's a gotcha. I had to migrate a repository from Windows. I didn't > read the manual :) and naively copied the files. Then I wondered why > it wouldn't work even if I compiled with Berkeley DB 4.2. > > As it turns out bdb files aren't portable across architectures. The > proper way of moving is to svnadmin 'dump' on the source, then > 'create' a new repo on the destination then 'load' there. > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
