[SVN-946] wrong error code on checkout of not existing URL

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: all
• Fix Version/s: Beta
• Component/s: libsvn_ra_neon
• Labels: bite-sized
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Subversion Importer
• Created: 24/Oct/02 17:29
• Updated: 27/Oct/18 16:40
• Resolved: 09/Jul/07 21:15

Description

When I checkout a not existing path my own SVN server I get a 405
instead of a 404:

  % svn co http://k75/svn/notexists .
  subversion/libsvn_ra_dav/util.c:81: (apr_err=175002, src_err=0)
  svn: RA layer request failed
  svn: PROPFIND of /: 405 Method Not Allowed

When I try the same with collab.net's server, I get the correct answer:

  % svn co http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/notexists .
  subversion/libsvn_ra_dav/util.c:81: (apr_err=175002, src_err=0)
  svn: RA layer request failed
  svn: PROPFIND of /repos/svn/!svn/bc/3459/notexists: 404 Not Found

Looks like a bug to me. I have 3459 running both as server and client.

The configuration on my server is:

<Location /svn>
    DAV svn
    SVNParentPath /usr/local/svn
</Location>

I've tried with SVNPath too, but get the same result. Checking out
existing paths seems to work fine.

Original issue reported by andk