SVN Checkout Errors on "Format 6"

Question

When I try to checkout a repository with SVN I get the error:

E160043: Expected FS format between '1' and '4'; found format '6'

I've read that this has to do with mismatched versions, however both my SVN server and client are running version 1.8.1.

(Edit:) I've been following this tutorial: http://jason.pureconcepts.net/2012/10/updating-svn-mac-os-x/ I started with a prebuilt MacPorts version of SVN, then I built my own to see if it would fix the issue.

I am serving with SVNServe. I am testing the server on the server, so the client and the server are the same instance.

Here are the exact versions (I believe they are one package):

svn --version
svn, version 1.8.1 (r1503906)

svnadmin --version
svnadmin, version 1.8.1 (r1503906)

svnadmin --version
svnadmin, version 1.8.1 (r1503906)

If I create a repo with --compatible-version 1.7, but that just seems silly since everything is version 1.8+.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Answer 1

This may or may not be relevant but I will throw it out here in case it helps. I was having similar problem using the checkout feature ('Open from Version Control...') with Delphi Xe5 & now Xe6. Here's how I fixed it in both.

Step 1:

• Update the 32bit version of SVN
  Download the latest version is (or that matches your stuff) at the time of the posting of this reply it's "Subversion 1.8.8 (Windows 32-bit)" from http://www.collab.net/downloads/subversion
  Note: Even if you are using TortoiseSVN 64 bit you still have to install/update the 32 bit version because Delphi's IDE is still only 32 bit.

For Delphi Xe5

• Copy updated files from:
  C:\Program Files (x86)\CollabNet\Subversion Client
  to
  C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\RAD Studio\12.0\bin\subversion

For Delphi Xe6

• Copy updated files from:
  C:\Program Files (x86)\CollabNet\Subversion Client
  to
  C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\14.0\bin\subversion

Note:

• the Delphi folders listed above are the default folders (at least how they installed on my system) so your paths may be different.

• 2 of the SVN files (MSVCP100.DLL and MSVCR100.DLL) the C++ runtimes were newer in my Delphi folders, so probably don't want to overwrite them.

• and of course don't have Delphi running when you are updating the files.