SVN Repository Stops Indexing With Error "Only one usage of each socket address"

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Symptoms

The svn server is on a windows system, and the initial index fails with the error:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 2008-09-08 09:14:35,115 ERROR [pool-2-thread-1] fisheye.app RepositoryScanner-slurp - Problem processing revisions from repo svn://URL/to/repo due to class com.cenqua.fisheye.rep.DbException - Problem getting diff information for rev6876 com.cenqua.fisheye.rep.DbException: Problem getting diff information for rev6876 at com.cenqua.fisheye.svn.SvnRepositoryScanner.slurpRevisionBlock(SvnRepositoryScanner.java:406) ... Caused by: com.cenqua.fisheye.svn.diff.SvnDiffException: Exception walking dir for /Quantifi/trunk@6876 at com.cenqua.fisheye.svn.diff.DiffProcessor.processOutsideCopy(DiffProcessor.java:538) ... Caused by: com.cenqua.fisheye.rep.RepositoryClientException: Failed to get properties for C:\fisheye-1.5.4\var\tmp\file.ext:6876 at com.cenqua.fisheye.svn.SvnThrottledClient.properties(SvnThrottledClient.java:239) at com.cenqua.fisheye.svn.diff.DiffProcessor.addNewFileChangeInfoWC(DiffProcessor.java:608) ... Caused by: org.tigris.subversion.javahl.ClientException: Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted. svn: Can't connect to host 'HOSTNAME': Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted. at org.tigris.subversion.javahl.SVNClient.properties(Native Method) at com.cenqua.fisheye.svn.SvnThrottledClient.properties(SvnThrottledClient.java:237) ... 16 more

Cause

Please see the following articles for the definition of the root cause.

Resolution

Follow the suggestions outlined in the above articles (i.e. increasing the MaxUserPort).

Updated on April 11, 2025

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