Re: svn 1.7 client issues error on update of single file externals

"Boe, Aasmund" <a.boe_at_ti.com> writes:

> For reference, the server side uses a very old version (1.1.4
> [r13838]), but from what I know externals is a client "feature" so an
> old server should not be a problem. Besides, this workes well using
> subversion 1.6.x (client).
>
> This is the scenario I observe:
>
> 1. Checkout a project (that has single file svn:externals)
> svn checkout http://my/repo/projects/proj1 proj1
>
> 2. Browsing to the folder in my working copy with single file svn:externals.
> E.g.
> myFile.txt http://my/repo/components/comp1/myFile.txt
>
> 3. Executing svn update and I get the following output:
> Fetching external item into 'trunk\proj1\source\myFile.txt':
> : warning: W160016: Failure opening
> '/components/comp1/myFile.txt/myFile.txt'

W160016 is the server-side error SVN_ERR_FS_NOT_DIRECTORY so it looks as
if the server might be the problem. I don't have a 1.1.4 server to try.
If you provide a complete reproduction recipe it would allow you to try
a newer server and allow other people to try as well.

-- 
Philip