Re: git svn clone failing

> 2011/4/3 Vampire <Vampire@masters-of-disaster.de>
>         Any news on this one?
>         
>         
>         2011/2/25 Vampire <Vampire@masters-of-disaster.de>
>         >
>         > I tried it with 1.6.3.3 and with a self-compiled version
>         from latest git code.
>         >
>         > 2011/2/24 Drew Northup <drew.northup@maine.edu>
>         > >
>         > > On Fri, 2011-02-18 at 15:21 +0100, Vampire wrote:
>         > > > Hi Drew,
>         > > >
>         > > > SVN client is in version 1.6.5.
>         > > > svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ant/core/trunk .
>         > > > works fine and without problem.
>         > > > I guess it is in the phase of searching for history in
>         other places in
>         > > > the repository and there some place is accessed that is
>         password
>         > > > protected.
>         > > > I did not contact the server admin as the normal svn
>         client works fine
>         > > > and so it seems to be a problem of git-svn, not of the
>         SVN server.
>         > > > Did you try the command I gave you and does it succeed
>         for you? It is
>         > > > a publicly available repository so you should be able to
>         reproduce the
>         > > > problem.
>         > > >
>         > > > Regards
>         > > > Björn
>         > >
>         > > The error is reproducible, and I'm running a newer
>         subversion client
>         > > than you are. It definitely isn't making it through all of
>         the revisions
>         > > available before dying.
>         > >
>         > > .....
>         > > Checked through r161300
>         > > Checked through r161400
>         > > RA layer request failed: Server sent unexpected return
>         value (403 Forbidden) in response to REPORT request for
>         '/repos/asf/!svn/vcc
>         > > /default' at /usr/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 5131
>         > >
>         > > I forgot to ask, which version git are you running? I am
>         running 1.7.4
>         > > on the machine I tried this (RHEL5 RPM, compiled locally).
>         > >
>         > > > 2011/2/18 Drew Northup <drew.northup@maine.edu>:
>         > > > >
>         > > > > On Mon, 2011-02-14 at 18:24 +0100, Vampire wrote:
>         > > > >> Hi,
>         > > > >>
>         > > > >> I'm trying to issue the following command:
>         > > > >>
>         > > > >> git svn clone --stdlayout
>         http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ant/core/ .
>         > > > >>
>         > > > >> But unfortunately this fails after some time with the
>         message:
>         > > > >>
>         > > > >> RA layer request failed: Server sent unexpected
>         return value (403
>         > > > >> Forbidden) in response to REPORT request for
>         > > > >> '/repos/asf/!svn/vcc/default'
>         at /usr/lib/git-core/git-svn line 4354
>         > > > >>
>         > > > >> Regards
>         > > > >> Björn
>         > > > >
>         > > > > Björn,
>         > > > > Have you made sure your subversion client is
>         up-to-date? Does this work
>         > > > > as a plain svn clone? Have you contacted the server
>         admin?
>         > > > > Without context we cannot act on this.
>         > > > >
>         > >
>         > > --
>         > > -Drew Northup
>         > > ________________________________________________
>         > > "As opposed to vegetable or mineral error?"
>         > > -John Pescatore, SANS NewsBites Vol. 12 Num. 59
>         > >
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