You can't mix Subversion client releases where the middle digit of the
version number differs. Subversion clients are backwards compatible
when talking to the server, but not when writing workspace metadata to
the filesystem. You can, in theory, use whatever version you like on
the client side against any server version. However, when you invoke a
client on a workspace, it checks to see if the local metadata is the
same version as itself, and if it discovers an older version, silently
upgrades the format to its own. At this point, older clients will no
longer work on that workspace.
Tony.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: KARR, DAVID (ATTSI) [mailto:dk068x_at_att.com]
> Sent: 14 January 2011 18:36
> To: users_at_subversion.apache.org
> Subject: SVN 1.6.15 checkout fails on particular file
>
> This is a continuation of my experiences described in the
> "What SVN command-line client distro should I get to work
> properly with SVN 1.4.x on the server?" subject.
>
> My SVN server is running version 1.4.x. I'm using the latest
> Subversive in Eclipse, but the connector associated with SVN
> 1.5.6. This works well enough in Eclipse.
>
> I installed SVN 1.6.15 from CollabNet. I created a new
> directory from the shell and did a checkout of two of the
> projects I have checked out in Eclipse. One of them
> completed successfully, but another one fails each time with
> an error like the following:
>
> svn: Your .svn/tmp directory may be missing or corrupt; run
> 'svn cleanup' and try again
> svn: Can't open file '...\.svn\tmp\text-base\....svn-base':
> The system cannot find the path specified.
>
> I elided the full path to the file.
>
> I looked in the "text-base" directory being referenced here,
> and it's empty.
>
> I did a "svn cleanup", and it chugged for a second and then
> went back to the prompt.
>
> I tried the checkout again, and it failed with the exact same error.
>
> I also tried changing into the directory and doing "svn
> update", and that also failed with the same error.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
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