Package: subversion Version: 1.4.2dfsg1-2 Severity: normal "svn diff" on a versioned symbolic link gives an error instead of outputting the diff. Here's an example:
$ svnadmin create svn $ svn co file://`pwd`/svn wc Checked out revision 0. $ cd wc $ ln -s . foo $ svn add foo A foo $ svn diff Index: foo =================================================================== --- foo (revision 0) +++ foo (revision 0) @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +link . \ No newline at end of file Property changes on: foo ___________________________________________________________________ Name: svn:special + * $ svn diff foo svn: Unable to lock '.' zsh: exit 1 svn diff foo I've reported this problem in the Subversion dev mailing-list. No answer yet. -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686-bigmem Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO8859-1 (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages subversion depends on: ii libapr1 1.2.7-8.2 The Apache Portable Runtime Librar ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libsvn1 1.4.2dfsg1-2 Shared libraries used by Subversio subversion recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
