[OpenAFS] berkeley-db, svn and afs

[Hendrik Hoeth]

Hi,

I'd like to use subversion, but it uses berkeley-db for the repository.
Since berkeley-db uses mmap for locking (right?), in the svn
documentation they write

  "As opposed to CVS, subversion is not based on RCS, but rather on the
   Berkeley Database. Make sure not to install a repository on remote
   file systems, like NFS, AFS, or Windows SMB. The database requires
   POSIX locking mechanisms, which these file systems do not support."

How serious is this problem? Is it possible to have a repository on afs
if only one client at a time uses it (e.g. because there is only one
machine where svnserve is called)?

Cheers,

    Hendrik

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