svn:externals doesn't work with absolute paths

Hello,

I'm experimenting with referenced projects, using "5.2.4" help section as a
user guide.

I added a property svn:externals to my folder:
SomeLibrary
file:///C:\Projects\__VersionControl\ExternalizedProjects\SomeLibrary

When I do "Update" for this folder, I'm getting this error message:
===
External: C:\Projects\ExternalizedProjects\SomeLibrary\somelib
Error: Unable to open an ra_local session to URL
Error: Unable to open repository
'file:///C:\Projects\__VersionControl\ExternalizedProjects\SomeLibrary'
Error: Can't open file
'\C:\Projects\__VersionControl\ExternalizedProjects\SomeLibrary\format': The
filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
===

If I change my property to:
SomeLibrary
file:///Projects\__VersionControl\ExternalizedProjects\SomeLibrary

Everything works as expected.

Is this a feature or a bug?

Thanks.

-- 
Best regards, Alex Kolesnichenko.
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