Re: Subversion Exception in 1.7.1/2

2012-03-01 Thread Philip Martin
Stefan Sperling writes: > Currently, externals definitions cannot point to absolute paths. > This might be fixed in the future, once multiple working copies > can share a single .svn directory. Perhaps, but perhaps not. Allowing svn:externals to modify paths outside a working copy has security

Re: Subversion Exception in 1.7.1/2

2012-03-01 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 01:01:23PM +, Philip Martin wrote: > The 4073 fix doesn't allow absolute paths with drive letters. It merely > prevents the assertion by extending the checking so that paths with > drive letters are treated as absolute and skipped. Yes, I just realised that while revie

Re: Subversion Exception in 1.7.1/2

2012-03-01 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 01:04:04PM +0100, Stefan Sperling wrote: > On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 03:08:55AM -0800, coolie wrote: > > 4073 says this is supposed to have been fixed. I'm now on 1.7.5 and still > > have the same issue. > > > > I can't use a relative path cos that is not where the libray is

Re: Subversion Exception in 1.7.1/2

2012-03-01 Thread Philip Martin
Stefan Sperling writes: > On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 03:08:55AM -0800, coolie wrote: >> 4073 says this is supposed to have been fixed. I'm now on 1.7.5 and still >> have the same issue. >> >> I can't use a relative path cos that is not where the libray is. I need >> absolute because some apps (vi

Re: Subversion Exception in 1.7.1/2

2012-03-01 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 03:08:55AM -0800, coolie wrote: > 4073 says this is supposed to have been fixed. I'm now on 1.7.5 and still > have the same issue. > > I can't use a relative path cos that is not where the libray is. I need > absolute because some apps (viz VS 2010) require absolute paths

Re: Subversion Exception in 1.7.1/2

2012-03-01 Thread coolie
4073 says this is supposed to have been fixed. I'm now on 1.7.5 and still have the same issue. I can't use a relative path cos that is not where the libray is. I need absolute because some apps (viz VS 2010) require absolute paths for library references. I have to put the libraries on the C dr

Re: Subversion Exception in 1.7.1/2

2011-12-12 Thread Philip Martin
Paul Coulson writes: > I am checking out a svn folder to Windows desktop, but have set the > svn:externals property on this folder to check out a lib at C:/lib: > > svn:externals C:/lib This is issue 4073: http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=4073 use a relative path such as "l

Subversion Exception in 1.7.1/2

2011-12-12 Thread Paul Coulson
I have just started to use the svn:externals keyword. I am checking out a svn folder to Windows desktop, but have set the svn:externals property on this folder to check out a lib at C:/lib: svn:externals C:/lib The lib is a svn repository containing only binary files and no folders. When I ch