Filenames in the repository and in the working copy - what's legal?

What are the Subversion rules for legal file names in a repository
and how do the rules apply when making a working copy in a file
system with different rules ? What's the expected (or preferred)
behavior of clients (or the client-side library) when asked to create
a file with a name that's not legal in the client file system ?

I couldn't find an answer to this in the FAQ or in the turtle book.
There was some discussion of it in the forums but nothing I'd
consider definitive. If this is documented somewhere I'd appreciate a
pointer.

My specific problem is that I try to create a working copy on Windows
of an existing Linux-hosted repository and I only get a partial
working copy. Both of the clients I tried gave-up when they
encountered a file with a name that's illegal on Windows. The
offending file is not essential for me to have in my working copy.
See below for the exact error messages.

Is this a bug? Would it be better for clients to skip the offending
file and continue creating the working copy ?

Thanks,
Tim

Tortoise SVN says -

Error: Can't open file 'C:\XXX\man3\.svn\tmp\text-base\DBD::Pg.
3pm.svn-base': The parameter is incorrect.

Rapid SVN says -

Error while performing action: Can't open file 'C:\XXX\man3\.svn\tmp
\text-base\DBD::Pg.3pm.svn-base': The parameter is incorrect.

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Received on Mon Aug 28 17:26:02 2006