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

[Mel Flynn]

Hi Olivier,

On Wednesday 13 May 2009 19:32:36 Olivier Mueller wrote:

> > > ==> /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".

I'm still thinking there's two different (threading|bdb) libraries linked into 
httpd, but not sure to ask for which ldd...httpd or mod_dav. The db version 
could be a red herring or that only one of the formats requires this mutex .
-- 
Mel