org.apache.subversion.javahl.ClientException: Found invalid algorithm in certificate

One of our users is encountering following exception:

svn: Java exception
svn: Wrapped Java Exception
   at org.apache.subversion.javahl.remote.RemoteFactory.open
   (Native Method)
   at org.apache.subversion.javahl.remote.RemoteFactory.openRemoteSession
   (RemoteFactory.java:228)
   ...
Caused by: org.apache.subversion.javahl.ClientException: Found invalid
algorithm in certificate
Unexpected ASN1 tag
   ...

with Subversion 1.9.7. He writes that command line client works fine for
him. It warns about the certificate not being "issued by a trusted
authority" and then shows the expected "(R)eject, accept (t)emporarily
or accept (p)ermanently?" question.

This happens on Linux.

Any ideas why command line client and JavaHL might behave differently here?

Note that the command line binaries are not identical to the JavaHL
binaries, but both have been compiled from Subversion 1.9.7. Could this
be a problem in our build process?

-Marc
Received on 2017-11-22 13:41:20 CET