export behavior inconsistent with checkout

Hi folks,

Ben Collins-Sussman advised me to report the following:

12:03AM|<sussman> say that 'svn export' isn't dealing with the 3rd
  argument correctly
12:03AM|<sussman> that it's inconsistent with checkout

11:58PM|<sussman> 'svn export doesn't do what it's help says'

11:56PM|<Overfiend> [1] branden@redwald:/tmp/branden/empty % rm -rf *
11:56PM|<Overfiend> zsh: sure you want to delete all the files in
  /tmp/branden/empty [yn]? y
11:56PM|<Overfiend> [0] branden@redwald:/tmp/branden/empty % ls -al
11:56PM|<Overfiend> total 8
11:56PM|<Overfiend> drwxr-xr-x 2 branden branden 4096 Jun 8
  23:55 .
11:56PM|<Overfiend> drwxr-xr-x 3 branden branden 4096 Jun 8
  23:53 ..
11:56PM|<Overfiend> [0] branden@redwald:/tmp/branden/empty % svn export
  $xfree86_svn/trunk/debian .
11:56PM|<Overfiend> svn: Obstructed update
11:56PM|<Overfiend> svn:
11:56PM|<Overfiend> [1] branden@redwald:/tmp/branden/empty % svn
  checkout $xfree86_svn/trunk/debian .
11:56PM|<Overfiend> A lbxproxy.postrm.in
11:56PM|<Overfiend> [etc.]

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