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[Forwarded to gmane.comp.version-control.subversion.devel] Would someone in the devel list comment if it's okay to Open Bug at http://subversion.tigris.org/ Jari ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The problems still exists in 1.6.3: [Debian/testing, using /bin/bash] $ svn --version | grep ' vers' svn, version 1.6.3 (r38063) $ svnadmin create test.repo $ svn co file://$(pwd)/test.repo test.svn Checked out revision 0. $ ln -s test.svn test.symlink $ svn info test.svn Path: test.svn URL: file:///root/tmp/test/test.repo Repository Root: file:///root/tmp/test/test.repo Repository UUID: efbca93f-0eea-403d-984b-c6e9a2d3e895 Revision: 0 Node Kind: directory Schedule: normal Last Changed Rev: 0 Last Changed Date: 2009-08-12 16:12:41 +0300 (Wed, 12 Aug 2009) $ svn info test.symlink svn: '.' is not a working copy $ svn info test.symlink/ svn: '.' is not a working copy $ svn info $(readlink test.symlink) Path: test.svn URL: file:///root/tmp/test/test.repo Repository Root: file:///root/tmp/test/test.repo Repository UUID: efbca93f-0eea-403d-984b-c6e9a2d3e895 Revision: 0 Node Kind: directory Schedule: normal Last Changed Rev: 0 Last Changed Date: 2009-08-12 16:12:41 +0300 (Wed, 12 Aug 2009) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Cf. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519332 Package: subversion Version: 1.5.6dfsg-1 Severity: normal Hi, svn info (and eventually other commands, too) fail if the path to the working copy given as parameter is a symlink: $ svnadmin create svn $ svn co file://`pwd`/svn wc Checked out revision 0. $ ln -s wc symlink $ svn info wc Path: wc URL: ... $ svn info symlink svn: '.' is not a working copy svn: Can't open file '.svn/entries': No such file or directory $ svn info symlink/ svn: '.' is not a working copy svn: Can't open file '.svn/entries': No such file or directory $ svn info `readlink -f symlink` Path: /tmp/wc URL: ... Andreas -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (300, 'unstable'), (130, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages subversion depends on: ii libapr1 1.3.3-3 The Apache Portable Runtime Librar ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libsasl2-2 2.1.22.dfsg1-23 Cyrus SASL - authentication abstra ii libsvn1 1.5.6dfsg-1 Shared libraries used by Subversio subversion recommends no packages. Versions of packages subversion suggests: pn db4.6-util <none> (no description available) ii patch 2.5.9-5 Apply a diff file to an original ii subversion-tools 1.5.6dfsg-1 Assorted tools related to Subversi -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org