On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 19:32, Paulo Eduardo Neves <paulone...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm accessing an external repository linked via svn:externals, say > this external URL is > https://subversion.example.com/rootpath/myproj > > When I checkout a dir from my own repository, the external reference > is retrieved fine. > > If I change the svn:externals to another revision (the path is the > same) and run "svn update", I get this error: > > svn: warning: Server sent unexpected return value (403 Forbidden) in > response to OPTIONS request for 'https://subversion.example.com/ > rootpath' > > But if I delete the external directory and update again, everything > comes fine. > > I really don't have permission to this root path, but I don't > understand why it is necessary for an update and not necessary for an > complete checkout. > > The client is version 1.6.9 and the server is version 1.6.3
I think you're hitting this bug: http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3242
