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Re: File URLs truncated on Windows with mapped and SUBST drives

From: Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 08:38:25 -0400

On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 5:18 AM, Branko Čibej <brane_at_wandisco.com> wrote:
> On 28.08.2013 02:43, Andy Levy wrote:
>> This was originally reported on the TSVN Users list but I've
>> reproduced it with the command line client. Original thread:
>> http://svn.haxx.se/tsvnusers/archive-2013-08/0227.shtml
>>
>> Jason Dunaway is using a mapped network drive for his repository, but
>> I reproduced the behavior with a drive letter created with SUBST.
>>
>> We're both using SVN 1.8.1. He's on XP (pretty sure), I'm on Windows 7
>> Pro 64-bit.
>>
>> Steps to reproduce:
>>
>>> svnadmin create r:\Appraisal
>>> subst X:\ R:\Appraisal
>>> svn co file:///X:/ r:/tmp6
>> Everything to this point is successful.
>>
>>> svn mkdir file:///X:/Appraisal -m "test"
>> Committed revision 1.
>>
>>> md r:\tmp7
>> Directory: R:\
>>
>>
>> Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
>> ---- ------------- ------ ----
>> d---- 08/27/2013 10:22 tmp7
>>
>>> svn co file:///X:/Appraisal r:\tmp7
>>> svn: E160005: Target path '/ppraisal' does not exist
>> Note that the A in Appraisal has been chopped off. Thinking that it
>> might be just that one letter, I tried a different one.
>>
>>> svn mkdir file:///X:/TryAgain -m "test"
>> Committed revision 2.
>>
>>> svn co file:///X:/TryAgain r:\tmp8
>> svn: E160005: Target path '/ryAgain' does not exist
>>
>> Same result. The T has been lopped off.
>>
>> If I use the real path to the repository (not the SUBST drive letter),
>> it's successful:
>>
>>> svn co file:///R:/Appraisal/TryAgain r:\tmp9
>> Checked out revision 2.
>>
>> Jason was successful when using the full UNC path instead of the
>> mapped drive letter, which is consistent with my results with the
>> SUBST vs. real paths.
>
> This does look like a bug, but I cant say offhand if it's in Subversion
> or APR. Please report the issue in
>
> http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/

Will do. Not knowing the source but following the list for a few years
now, I had similar thoughts about it possibly being an APR issue.

> and also post a note about it on dev_at_subversion.apache.org (also please
> don't cross-post).

Should I just post to dev@ & say "hey guys, we found this, any
thoughts?" with a link to the bug (after I log it)?
Received on 2013-08-28 14:39:42 CEST

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