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Re: Problem with external file

From: Branko Čibej <brane_at_apache.org>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 22:54:13 +0200

On 15.06.2017 22:35, Peter Willis wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
>
>
> I am having an issue with an external (pointing to a file) included in
> one of my projects.
>
>
>
> I have a single external in my repository that points to a file.
>
>
>
> On my windows desktop I can check out the directory containing the
> external just fine.
>
> The code checks out and the external also checks out.
>
>
>
> The same repository path checked out using command line on another
> computer gives the following:
>
>
>
> ……………..BEGIN EXAMPLE
>
>
>
> svn checkout --username myname --password mypass
> "svn://svn.myoffice.net/repos/instrument_model/src/trunk/driver" .
>
> A README.txt
>
> A install_driver.sh
>
> U .
>
>
>
> Fetching external item into
> 'svn://svn.myoffice.net/repos/driver/trunk/driver2015.ko'
>
> svn: Unrecognized URL scheme 'driver2015.ko'
>
>
>
> …………END EXAMPLE
>
>
>
>
>
> I have removed the external and redefined it to no avail.
>
>
>
> SVN is not complaining about the revision control path (ie:
> 'svn://svn.myoffice.net/repos/driver/trunk/aslacq2015.ko' )
>
> In fact, I can check out 'svn://svn.myoffice.net/repos/driver/trunk’
> into a different working directory (on the problem machine) and I get
> that file.
>
>
>
> SVN is actually complaining about the *FILE* path of the external in
> the working directory as though it is a problem URL. (?!!)
>
>
>
> Is there any reason why it should work on one computer and not another?
>

Can you show the output of 'svn --version' on that computer where it
doesn't work? It looks like your Subversion was compiled without support
for the svn:// protocol (which would be really strange).

-- Brane
Received on 2017-06-15 22:54:18 CEST

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