2010/3/12 Toralf Förster <toralf.foers...@gmx.de>: > > Andy Levy wrote at 22:31:19 >> Since Subversion is returning >> >> svn: Process 'diff' failed (exitwhy 2) >> >> Isn't it possible that it's a problem with diff? > No, this issue happens with every other diff command/wrapper I used > (eg. $> svn diff --diff-cmd echo -r PREV) > > It happens only within the subversion directory of nmap (which was freshly > checked out, no local commits /edits were done). This issue do not happens in > any other local repository. The only difference which I can see is that the > nmap repo contains external items.
I just ran the exact sequence in your bug report on OS X 10.6.2 and it executed cleanly using SVN 1.6.5. I don't have 1.6.9 handy & I'm not sure what I need to do to get it installed; I think I'm missing some dev tools.
