On Jul 23, 2010, at 04:09, Bastien Semene wrote:

> [Tue Jul 20 15:40:08 2010] [error] [client 10.1.8.123] (20014)Internal error: 
> Can't open file '/var/db/svn/repos/favicon.ico/format': No such file or 
> directory, referer: http://domain.com/repo/

> Also, can anyone explain me the first line of the logs, what is doing 
> "favicon.ico/format" here ?

Web browsers request the file "favicon.ico" at the root of any domain they 
visit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon

You are apparently using SVNParentPath inside a "Location /" block, which means 
*all* web requests, including those for favicon.ico, will be directed to 
Subversion to handle. SVNParentPath tells Subversion to handle the first 
component of the URL as a repository name, so it tries to access a repository 
called "favicon.ico"; because you don't have a repository by that name, an 
error is written to the log. For these and various other reasons it is often 
recommended not to use a "Location /" block for Subversion, but to use some 
subdirectory of the web space instead (i.e. "Location /svn/").


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