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

From: Daniel Shahaf <d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 03:43:06 +0200

Pierre Berthier wrote on Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 15:09:45 +0100:
> 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".
>

Hmm. Not clear what to do here but I suspect a little more information
about your setup would help. (First rule of reporting bugs in
fundamental features: it literally works for +- everyone else.)

Also, perhaps lose the trailing slash in the <Location> directive:

<Location /repos>

> Anyone a clue what this means?
>
>
>
Received on 2012-01-05 02:43:48 CET

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