subversion / dav_svn_module : Fatal error 'Recurse on a private mutex.'

[Olivier Mueller]

Hi Mel,

On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 17:25 +0200, Mel Flynn wrote:
> > I have a strange situation on our internal svn server. Since a few days
> > and some upgrades, if I try to access a new created repository via
> > apache, I get a blank page and this error in the apache error log:
> >
> > ==> /var/log/httpd/httpd-error.log <==
> > Fatal error 'Recurse on a private mutex.' at line 986 in file
> > /usr/src/lib/libpthread/thread/thr_mutex.c (errno = 86) [Tue May 12
> > 11:56:02 2009] [notice] child pid 64353 exit signal Abort trap (6)
> >
> >
> > The only difference between both repositories is the db/format file:
> >
> > diff -r repos/websites/testing/db/format repos/websites/testing2/db/format
> > 1c1
> > < 4
> > ---
> >
> > > 3
> >
> > If format is "3" (subversion "pre-1.6"), everything works fine, but if
> > the format is "4" the DAV/SVN part crashes (while everything remains
> > fine via svn client / svnserve).
> 
> this is with the same binary? Meaning there's no Berkeley db library 
> differences?

Yes, the only recent change was a "portupgrade -rvbp subversion". 

regards,
Olivier