1444: DLL load failed on trying to create SVN repository

caffeina********@gmai***** (Google Code) (Is this you? Claim this profile.)
Feb. 6, 2010 
What version are you running?

1.1 alpha 2
What's the URL of the page containing the problem?


What steps will reproduce the problem?
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What is the expected output? What do you see instead?


What operating system are you using? What browser?
Windows 2003 server

Please provide any additional information below.

I got review board working fine on an XP workstation
but when I put it on a Windows 2003 server and I try to create a SVN
repository I get:

"DLL load failed: The specified procedure could not be found."

Now it would help if the message would tell me what DLL it is looking for.
 I am assuming it is something to do with SVN but am not sure.  Can anyone
tell me what it might be looking for or what the possible causes could be?
 Thanks.
chipx86
#1 chipx86 
Unfortunately, this is a third party thing. We're not in control of the error. It's
probably a bad install of libsvn and/or PySVN.

What type of SVN repository is this? http, https, svn+ssh...?
  • +NeedInfo
#2 caffeina********@gmai***** (Google Code) (Is this you? Claim this profile.) 
https repository
#3 caffeina********@gmai***** (Google Code) (Is this you? Claim this profile.) 
Just tried to install on another Windows 2003 server in a completely different
location under a completely different IT organization and got the same error.  The
error may very well have something to do with py_svn but it makes ReviewBoard look
and bad and unsuable in a Windows Enviroment.  Users don't care who is responsible
for whom so the Review Board team at least needs to address the issue and how it can
be worked around.  I will look at py_svn myself and see if anything jumps out at me
as to why it would run fine on Windows XP but not on Windows 2003 server
david
#4 david 
I appreciate that you think it's our problem, but we rely on dozens of third-party 
packages, and when one of those breaks in a specific configuration, we often don't 
have the expertise to diagnose and fix it. This is one of those cases.
  • -NeedInfo
    +ThirdParty
#5 evan.l******@gmai***** (Google Code) (Is this you? Claim this profile.) 
Dang... ran through a whole annoying installation on windows and then finally hit this.  Would you atleast add a 
prominent notice that SVN on Windows Server 2003 isn't working due to pysvn?
#6 ruslan.*******@gmai***** (Google Code) (Is this you? Claim this profile.) 
I have found the reason of the problem. Looks like "libapr-1.dll" library coming with some Apache server versions conflicts with the one coming with "pysvn". You just need to install latest versions of both products to make sure these are compatible enough.
#7 ruslan.*******@gmai***** (Google Code) (Is this you? Claim this profile.) 
You can still use "Review Board" in standalone mode if you do not want to find compatible versions of Apache server and pysvn.

Use the following command:
rb-site manage [path to your site] runserver