Steps to replicate:

1. copy old fossil repository into some subdirectory of directory, where fossil repos are served ("_qqq" in my case)

2.attempt to see it on http://localhost:8080/_qqq/test/timeline show following error:

Server Configuration Error

The database schema on the server is out-of-date. Please ask the administrator to run fossil rebuild.

3. rebuilding repo fails with test.fossil-journal file left in place:

c:\soft\bin\_qqq>fossil rebu -R .\test.fossil
C:\soft\bin\fossil.exe: out of memory
C:\soft\bin\fossil.exe: SQLITE_BUSY: statement aborts at 2: [ROLLBACK] cannot rollback transaction - SQL statements in progress
Serving repositories from "_qqq" subdir with uptodate db schema (config.aux-schema="2011-02-25 14:52") works fine.
e.g.:
http://localhost:8080/_qqq/myfossilclone/timeline

Now, I am unable to rebuild my old repo with newest fossil executable even in its original location.

drh added on 2011-03-19 11:51:09 UTC:

Please do this:

Run "fossil sql -R old-repo.fossil" - followed by "vacuum" in order to
      clean up and recover the SQLite database which is the repository.


Send me instructions on how I can download the repository file so that
      I can debug the problem. drh@sqlite.org