mod_dav_svn (or libsvn_ra_dav) isn't properly escaping the control characters of
a log message. The client will not normally submit them, but a subversion dump
load might contain control characters.
% svn log -r102002 http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf
svn: REPORT request failed on '/repos/asf/!svn/bc/102002'
svn: The REPORT request returned invalid XML in the response: XML parse error at
line 9: internal error. (/repos/asf/!svn/bc/102002)
The log message is:
"Improve Spanish custom error messages.
Submitted by: Sim^[,As^[(B <sim6 cataloniamail.com>
Reviewed by: Daniel Lopez <daniel rawbyte.com>"
The ^[ are control characters.
A svn propedit on the log will allow you to remove the control character though.
(Which is sort of odd because it means the client is receiving it somehow.)
There was a thread on dev@svn about it:
http://svn.haxx.se/dev/archive-2004-11/1175.shtml
Bug
Major