[MacPorts] #15868: port-1.600: port sync fails with "please get a newer Subversion client"

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#15868: port-1.600: port sync fails with "please get a newer Subversion client"
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 Reporter:  kimuraw at macports.org  |       Owner:  macports-tickets at lists.macosforge.org
     Type:  defect                |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  base                  |     Version:  1.6.0                                
 Keywords:                        |  
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 I have some port trees under subversion. Today, I got
 the following error at "sudo port sync".


 {{{
   % which svn
   /opt/local/bin/svn
   % /opt/local/bin/svn --version
   svn, version 1.5.0 (r31699)
     :
   % /usr/bin/svn --version
   svn, version 1.4.4 (r25188)
     :
   % sudo port -v sync
   Synchronizing local ports tree from file:///opt/dports.dev
   svn: This client is too old to work with working copy '/opt/dports.dev';
   please get a newer Subversion client
   port sync failed: Synchronization of the local ports tree failed doing
 an
   svn update
 }}}


 I fixed this problem with changing the value of svn_path to
 "/opt/local/bin/svn"
 in /Library/Tcl/macports1.0/macports_autoconf.tcl.
 I think autoconf_hint is not so needed at in
 macports1.0/macports.tcl(line 1317) to detect the path of `svn' command.

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