Checkout hangs on invalid external URL

Hi

We moved our repository to a new server, but didn't update the
svn:externals properties everywhere.

When trying to checkout a folder with an external pointing to the old
server the checkout hangs for about 5 minutes.

When finished or if I abort the checkout (Ctrl-C) i get an error
message.

C:\test>svn pg svn:externals https://newserver/svn/branches/FDP
https://oldserver/svn/tags/FDP/FDP_1.80 CurrentVersion

C:\test>svn co https://newserver/svn/branches/FDP
A FDP\Info.txt
U FDP

<<<pressed ctrl-C>>>

svn: warning: W205011: Error handling externals definition for
'FDP\CurrentVersion':
svn: warning: W170013: Unable to connect to a repository at URL
'https://oldserver/svn/tags/FDP/FDP_1.80'
Checked out revision 96079.
svn: E205011: Failure occurred processing one or more externals
definitions

If changing the svn:external property to ^/svn/tags/FDP/FDP_1.80
everything works.

Using Wireshark to capture network traffic I see there are 3 SYN packets
sent duting the first 10 seconds, then nothing.

Wouldn't it be possible to error out more quickly?

I'm using svn command line client 1.9.2 supplied with TortoiseSVN 1.9.2.

Best regards

David Darj

  
Received on 2015-11-10 14:46:33 CET