[SVN-3813] 'svn diff' fails when .svn is not writable

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: trunk
• Fix Version/s: 1.7.0
• Component/s: libsvn_wc
• Labels: bite-sized
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Daniel Shahaf
• Created: 17/Feb/11 09:52
• Updated: 27/Oct/18 16:28
• Resolved: 23/Jun/11 04:16

Description

When .svn/tmp/ is not writable, 'svn diff' croaks, instead of just placing its
tempfiles elsewhere:

% svn co $GREEK_TREE wc/
% echo >> wc/iota
% svn ci -mm wc
% sudo chmod -R root:root wc/.svn/
% svn diff -r1 wc
subversion/libsvn_wc/diff.c:1553: (apr_err=13)
subversion/libsvn_subr/stream.c:669: (apr_err=13)
subversion/libsvn_subr/io.c:4070: (apr_err=13)
subversion/libsvn_subr/io.c:3889: (apr_err=13)
svn: E000013: Can't create temporary file from template
'/tmp/svn/wc1/.svn/tmp/svn-XXXXXX': Permission denied