Problems with SVNClient / JavaHL bindings under Tomcat5

Dunno if this question should go to dev list, but I'll try asking here
first.
I'm having some problems with SVNClient class, which I use in my webapp
under Tomcat 5. My problem seems to be similar to one described in this
post: http://www.contactor.se/~dast/svn/archive-2004-03/1235.shtml :
- When Tomcat 5 is restarted and webapp is run for the first time,
everything goes fine and I can create SVNClient instance and connect to
SVN repository
- If I try to use that webapp again (without restarting tomcat or
redeploying webapp), I don't get any errors, however, the whole webapp
seems to hang on line:

SVNClient svnClient = new SVNClient();

- If I restart tomcat, everything works fine again, but only for that
first run.

I have placed svn-javahl.jar library into Tomcat's /shared/lib folder
(I also tried to unpack the jar and place all classes under
/shared/classes, but I got same problems). I'm using JDK 1.4.2 under
FreeBSD 5.2.1.

This looks like some classloader problem, but I just can't find a
solution. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

--
Nikita Zhuk
Mac OS & Web Developer
http://www.nikitazhuk.net
nikita@nikitazhuk.net
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