Re: Bug Report - externals update reports failure

On 5 March 2012 13:53, george lutz <glutz_at_alk.com> wrote:
> The svn:externals property contains this:
>
> cygwin.bat svn+ssh://svn@subversion/mainrepo/cruise/externals/cygwin.bat
>
> Is it expecting a directory for some reason?

You are using the pre-1.5 format for externals which doesn't support
file externals. Try:

svn+ssh://svn@subversion/mainrepo/cruise/externals/cygwin.bat cygwin.bat

BTW please do not top post.

Simon

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stefan Küng [mailto:tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2012 3:15 AM
> To: users_at_tortoisesvn.tigris.org
> Subject: Re: Bug Report - externals update reports failure
>
> On 03.03.2012 04:31, george lutz wrote:
>> Using the latest v1.7 (and any v1.7 or higher), there are errors
>> reported when updating externals. For example:
>>
>> *External: C:\devel\cygwin.bat *
>>
>> *External failed: C:\devel\cygwin.bat *
>>
>> *Error: Failure opening '/cruise/externals/cygwin.bat/cygwin.bat' *
>>
>> *Error: '/cruise/externals/cygwin.bat' is not a directory in
>> filesystem *
>>
>> *Error: '/home/svn/mainrepo/db' *
>>
>> **
>>
>> Despite the error message, it does appear that the update was actually
>> successful. This happens with all externals on every computer. It is
>> 100% reproducible.
>
> how are the externals set? What does the svn:externals property contain?
>
> Stefan
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