SVN under Windows unreliable since a week or so (kind of OT)
My setups (on a dual-boot machine, so the underlying machine and network link are the same):
Windows XP (SP3)
Qt SDK 2010-02
CollabNet svn client 1.6.3 and then 1.6.9
Ubuntu 9.4
Qt SDK 2010-01
CollabNet svn client 1.6.5
On both OSes, I usually use svn directly from a command line and/or from the Qt Creator SVN menu items and I had no problems. Since a week or so, most attempts of using svn under Windows result in long waiting times and then failure (time-out?) with the error message:
svn: PROPFIND of '/svnroot/mscore/xxxxxxxx': SSL negotiation failed: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.
(https://mscore.svn.sourceforge.net)
where 'xxxxxxxx' varies (the latest occurrence being for instance: "!svn/bln/2782"; often it is simply "trunk").
Occasionally (bur very rarely), the command succeeds; this applies to both co and update (the commands I use the most) and to other repositories in addition to mscore. All the repositories I access are on SourceForge, though. Upgrading to the latest CollabNet client version (1.6.9) did not change the situation.
This only applies to Windows; under Ubuntu with the same repositories there are no problems (so far, I have used svn under Ubuntu to update the Windows-side musescore source code, as it is on a disk shared by both OSes, but I don't like it very much...).
Anybody else experienced something similar and/or has any suggestion?
Thanks,
M.
Comments
I have no problem with the command line SVN on windows or mac.
I use 1.6.2 on windows
Are you using a proxy server? Or maybe the Windows computer is at work?
Like Lasconic, it is working for me on Windows also.
In reply to Are you using a proxy server? by David Bolton
Thanks for the replies. No, no proxy, no significant task in background (beyond the OS processes, which I anyway trimmed down to a reasonable minimum when configuring the box a couple of years ago).
The strange thing is that it used to work and suddenly (almost) stopped: I can't see what has changed; I suspected some XP updates, but in this case it should statistically show up in other machines too. I'll try a different client.
Anyway, thanks for answering.
M.
I finally solved the problem using a different client. TortoiseSVN seems to work.
But I do not like the fact it cannot be used from a command line; I'll see...
Thanks,
M.
In reply to TortoiseSVN seems to work by Miwarre
Maybe your anti-virus/firewall is blocking access to the Internet from the command line.
In reply to Maybe your by David Bolton
Thanks for the suggestions and for the hints, but I don't think so, as update sometimes does work and co works most of the times.
I also tested SlikSVN, which is built on CollabNet SVN and exhibits the same problems. OTOH, Tortoise do not use the CollabNet library and works. I suspect there is some incompatibility between my SSL setup (which is the default XP setup) and the CollabNet library.
Anyway, I'll stick to Tortoise for the moment being.
M.
In reply to Thanks for the suggestions by Miwarre
Try this: IE-->tools-->Internet Options-->Delete cookies & Delete Files.