Re: Fwd: vc-register doesn't recognize subversion repository

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

>> It works here when I try it.
>> Can you give a more precise recipe?

> ,----
> | heimdall@baldur ~> cd uni/repos/st-ss07/tutoren/heimdall/
> | heimdall@baldur ~/u/r/s/t/heimdall> ll -a
> | total 92K
> | drwxr-xr-x 3 heimdall users 4.0K 2007-06-06 12:08 ./
> | drwxr-xr-x 6 heimdall users 4.0K 2007-06-06 12:08 ../
> | -rw------- 1 heimdall users  73K 2007-06-06 12:07 kaffemaschine.jpg
> | drwxr-xr-x 6 heimdall users 4.0K 2007-07-11 08:57 .svn/
> | heimdall@baldur ~/u/r/s/t/heimdall> ll -a .svn/
> | total 36K
> | drwxr-xr-x 6 heimdall users 4.0K 2007-07-11 08:57 ./
> | drwxr-xr-x 3 heimdall users 4.0K 2007-06-06 12:08 ../
> | -r--r--r-- 1 heimdall users  212 2007-06-06 12:08 all-wcprops
> | -r--r--r-- 1 heimdall users  347 2007-07-11 08:56 entries
> | -r--r--r-- 1 heimdall users    2 2007-06-06 12:07 format
> | drwxr-xr-x 2 heimdall users 4.0K 2007-06-06 12:08 prop-base/
> | drwxr-xr-x 2 heimdall users 4.0K 2007-06-06 12:08 props/
> | drwxr-xr-x 2 heimdall users 4.0K 2007-06-06 12:08 text-base/
> | drwxr-xr-x 5 heimdall users 4.0K 2007-07-11 08:56 tmp/
> `----

> Now I find a file foo.txt in that directory, insert some contents and
> save it with C-x C-s.

> Then I do `M-x vc-register'. It asks me if I want to create a RCS
> subdirectory, I say no and those are the contents of *Messages*.

Hmm...

> I tried the procedure with `emacs -nw -Q' and got the same behavior. My
> svn client version is 1.4.4, the server has version 1.4.0, if that
> matters.

The `svn' executable shouldn't make any difference because the backend
should only be chosen based on the fact that there is a .svn directory.

Can you show me the result of the following commands from the "foo.txt"
buffer (i.e. a buffer visiting a new still unregistered file):

  M-: vc-handled-backends RET
  M-: (vc-responsible-backend buffer-file-name t) RET
  M-x load-library RET vc-svn RET
  M-: (vc-rcs-responsible-p buffer-file-name) RET
  M-: (vc-svn-responsible-p buffer-file-name) RET


-- Stefan