Re: "The server sent an improper HTTP response"

On 06.01.2014 16:08, John Adams wrote:
> Hi, folks,
>
> I'm a middleware admin who does a lot of troubleshooting with our
> developers, one of whom has reported an issue while using TortoiseSVN. He's
> getting this when he tries to commit:
>
> Commit failed (details follow):
> Error running context: The server sent an improper HTTP response
>
> Here's his info:
>
> TortoiseSVN 1.8.1, Build 24570 - 64 Bit , 2013/07/22 18:28:29
>
> And here's what the very newly-installed server has to say for itself:
>
> svn, version 1.8.0 (r1490375)
> compiled Jul 22 2013, 17:00:09 on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>
> Any thoughts?

First, update both server and client. There have been a few bugs fixed
in the serf library which is responsible for the http/dav network traffic.

Then if that doesn't fix the problem, add the line
SVNAllowBulkUpdates Prefer
to the httpd.conf file of the apache svn server, then restart the server.
http://subversion.apache.org/docs/release-notes/1.8.html#serf-skelta-default

Stefan

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