Re: E175002: Server sent unexpected return value (500 Internal Server Error) in response to POST request for '/repos/svntest/!svn/me'

On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:58:44 +0100
Pierre Berthier <pierre.berthier_at_ini.phys.ethz.ch> wrote:

> Hi
>
> after upgrading a SVN server from 1.6 to 1.7.2 (r1207936), I am
> getting this error message when committing:
>
> svn: E175002: Commit failed (details follow):
> svn: E175002: Server sent unexpected return value (500 Internal Server
> Error) in response to POST request for '/repos/svntest/!svn/me'
>
> The corresponding error on the server is:
> (20014)Internal error: Can't open file '/srv/svn/repos/!svn/format':
> No such file or directory
>
> My apache configuration on the server includes:
>
> <Location /repos/>
> DAV svn
> SVNParentPath /srv/svn/repos/
> SVNListParentPath on
> ...
> </Location>
>

I have discovered that if I stop using path-based authorization by
setting SVNPathAuthz Off instead of On, the problem disappear. I have
also tried the value "short_circuit" for SVNPathAuthz, but it does not
change the error compared to "SVNPathAuthz On".

Anyone a clue what this means?
Received on 2012-01-04 15:10:22 CET