Index: subversion/tests/clients/cmdline/copy_tests.py
===================================================================
--- subversion/tests/clients/cmdline/copy_tests.py	(revision 13736)
+++ subversion/tests/clients/cmdline/copy_tests.py	(working copy)
@@ -1482,19 +1482,23 @@
 
   sbox.build()
   wc_dir = sbox.wc_dir
-
-  dirURL1  =  svntest.main.current_repo_url + "/A/B/E"
-  dirURL2  =  svntest.main.current_repo_url + "/G/C/E/I"
-
+                                                                                                           
+  dirURL1 = svntest.main.current_repo_url + "/A/B/E"
+  dirURL2 = svntest.main.current_repo_url + "/G/C/E/I"
+  msg = ".*: Path 'G' not present"
+                                                                                                           
   # Expect failure on 'svn cp SRC DST' where one or more ancestor
   # directories of DST do not exist
-  svntest.actions.run_and_verify_svn(None, None, SVNAnyOutput,
-                                     'cp', dirURL1, dirURL2,
-                                     '--username', svntest.main.wc_author,
-                                     '--password', svntest.main.wc_passwd,
-                                     '-m', 'fooogle')
+  out, err = svntest.main.run_svn(1,
+                                  'cp', dirURL1, dirURL2,
+                                  '-m', 'marina')
+  for err_line in err:
+    if re.match (msg, err_line):
+      break
+  else:
+    print "Error:\n" + msg + "\nnot found in error output:\n" + str(err)
+    raise svntest.Failure
 
-
 ########################################################################
 # Run the tests