possible switch bug in conjunction with file-externals

attached is my shell-script "svn-bug.sh" to reproduce the error.
also attached is the logfile from "bash -x ./svn-bug.sh > svn-bug.out 2>&1"

short description:
I replaced some files in some branches with file-externals.
when switching between these different branches (with real files and with file-externals) the files get lost.
even worse: when being in that state, svn doesn't tell me that something is wrong
ok, I once get an error message from the switch command, but since my project trees are very large, the error message gets scrolled out.

questions:

* did I miss some important informations?

* is this a bug, or did I do something wrong or misunderstood something?

* is the bug already in the issue tracker?

* do I report the bug to the issue tracker or does one of you gurus report the issue?

regards, Schludi

Wolfgang Schludi
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