[SVN-3947] subversion fails with incorrect home directory/HOME variable

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.6.x
• Fix Version/s: 1.7.0
• Component/s: unknown
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Subversion Importer
• Created: 05/Jul/11 20:55
• Updated: 27/Oct/18 16:30
• Resolved: 07/Jul/11 08:43

Description

issuing svn --version fails if running under user with non-directory as home
directory. The same applies for incorrectly set $HOME variable.
There is imho also no reason to create $HOME/.subversion/* entries if executing
svn with --version parameter only.

how-to reproduce:
$ HOME=/dev/null svn --version
svn: Can't open file '/dev/null/.subversion/servers': Not a directory

$ HOME=/dev/null svn --version --quiet
svn: Can't open file '/dev/null/.subversion/servers': Not a directory

$ touch x
$ HOME=x svn --version --quiet
svn: Can't open file 'x/.subversion/servers': Not a directory

Original issue reported by samb