"svn info" fails for https urls [Tigris #887]

[markphip]

Description

I am using svnant 1.2.1 with svnkit 1.2.3 to try to get "svn info" on some
svn:externals of my project, like this:
        <svn svnkit="true" javahl="false">
            <info target="${proj1}/bin" propPrefix="proj1.svn."/>
            <info target="${proj2}/bin" propPrefix="proj2.svn."/>
        </svn>

The svn:externals happen to use https. It works fine for me on both Mac OS X
10.5 and Windows XP, but for others it fails for them on Mac OS X 10.5:
      [svn] <Info> started ...
      [svn] svn: authentication cancelled
      [svn] svn: authentication cancelled
      [svn] <Info> failed !
This is odd, since I would have expected it to fail consistently. Also, I'm not
sure why "svn info" even needs to try authentication-- it shouldn't need to hit
the server at all. In fact, if I disconnect my machine from the network, a
command line "svn info" will work. However, svnant will fail:
      [svn] <Info> started ...
      [svn] svn: unknown host
      [svn] svn: OPTIONS request failed on
'/svn/MyProject/branches/production/dist/bin'
      [svn] svn: unknown host
      [svn] svn: OPTIONS request failed on
'/svn/MyProject/branches/production/dist/bin'
      [svn] svn.lan.flt: svn.lan.flt
      [svn] <Info> failed !

So it seems like svnant is needlessly hitting the server.

I tried this with svnkit="false" so that it would use the system svn and it
works fine.  This made me think that its an svnkit issue, so I filed a bug with
them here:
   http://svnkit.com/tracker/view.php?id=300
However, they are insisting that it is an svnant issue.

Metadata Imported from Tigris (Issue 887)

• Creation Date: 2009-04-01 09:20:12
• Reporter: paleozogt
• Subcomponent: svnant
• Version: unspecified
• Milestone: not determined
• Keywords:
• Cc:

Comments

2011-01-14 17:08:39 by costamojan

I will have a look at this.

Best regards

Daniel Kasmeroglu

2011-01-16 04:54:25 by costamojan

Hi Aaron,

I've tried to recreate the error scenario which didn't work. Could you please
verify whether this issue is still relevant or not while using the current
development snapshot of svnant ?

   http://www.kasisoft.com/hudson/job/svnant/

Best regards

Daniel Kasmeroglu