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Re: Error processing command 'set-timestamp'

From: Erik Huelsmann <ehuels_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2007-10-09 21:42:42 CEST

On 10/9/07, Miller, Eric <Eric.Miller@amd.com> wrote:
> Could someone shed a little light on what might be happening here:
>
> % svn cleanup path
> svn: In directory 'path'
> svn: Error processing command 'set-timestamp' in 'path'
> svn: Can't set access time of 'path/file': Operation not permitted
>
> This is a shared working copy (I know... I know...) but this is the
> first time I've run into this issue. Permissions, gids, etc. look ok.
>
> I first saw it when trying to do a switch command:
> % svn switch -r HEAD svn+ssh://machine/tag_path/path path
>
> Problem running log: In directory 'path': Error processing command
> 'set-timestamp' in 'path': Can't set access time of 'path/file':
> Operation not permitted
>
> path/file does have needs-lock and is currently unlocked (read-only).

Does your filesystem support setting the atime attribute by the user
your svn client is running? Because that's what the client is
complaining about.

> Any ideas?

If nothing else works: remove the offending instruction from the
.svn/log file... But after you did that, you're on your own regarding
.svn area consistency :-)

Seriously; other ideas? Not really.

bye,

Erik.

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