Strange error when svn update --set-depth

[Niemann, Hartmut]

Hello!

I am using the command line client of the latest 1.8 tortoise SVN on windows 7 
to change the depth
of a working copy. The subdirectory ACS64-A8 contains only an svn:external.

Extending depth to include that said external works flawlessly.

But when I remove it, I get two warnings and an error (Zugriff verweigert is 
Access denied):

D:\PRJ\RDA\Main\Images>svn update --set-depth empty ACS64-A8
Updating 'ACS64-A8':
Removed external 'ACS64-A8\images': Can't check path 
'D:\PRJ\RDA\Main\Images\ACS64-A8\images\.svn': Zugriff verweigert
svn: warning: W20: Error handling externals definition for 
'ACS64-A8\images':
svn: warning: W720005: Can't check path 
'D:\PRJ\RDA\Main\Images\ACS64-A8\images\.svn': Zugriff verweigert
Updated to revision 3872.
svn: E205011: Failure occurred processing one or more externals definitions

but strange enough: the directory images is gone.

So I get an error for an action that looks like it succeeded finally.

Could the virus scanner delay a delete action, so that svn *thinks* it didn't 
work?

(svn, version 1.8.14 (r1692801)compiled Aug  2 2015, 17:48:46 on 
x86-microsoft-windows)


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Re: Strange error when svn update --set-depth

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Aug 24, 2015, at 11:12 AM, Niemann, Hartmut wrote:

> I am using the command line client of the latest 1.8 tortoise SVN on windows 
> 7 to change the depth
> of a working copy. The subdirectory ACS64-A8 contains only an svn:external.
>  
> Extending depth to include that said external works flawlessly.
>  
> But when I remove it, I get two warnings and an error (Zugriff verweigert is 
> Access denied):
>  
> D:\PRJ\RDA\Main\Images>svn update --set-depth empty ACS64-A8
> Updating 'ACS64-A8':
> Removed external 'ACS64-A8\images': Can't check path 
> 'D:\PRJ\RDA\Main\Images\ACS64-A8\images\.svn': Zugriff verweigert
> svn: warning: W20: Error handling externals definition for 
> 'ACS64-A8\images':
> svn: warning: W720005: Can't check path 
> 'D:\PRJ\RDA\Main\Images\ACS64-A8\images\.svn': Zugriff verweigert
> Updated to revision 3872.
> svn: E205011: Failure occurred processing one or more externals definitions
>  
> but strange enough: the directory images is gone.
>  
> So I get an error for an action that looks like it succeeded finally.
>  
> Could the virus scanner delay a delete action, so that svn *thinks* it didn’t 
> work?
>  
> (svn, version 1.8.14 (r1692801)compiled Aug  2 2015, 17:48:46 on 
> x86-microsoft-windows)

Virus scanners definitely can interfere with Subversion. Have you tried turning 
your virus scanner off, or telling it not to scan the directory containing your 
working copy(ies)?