Re: How to restore repositories from backup server

On Jan 16, 2025, at 10:29, Bo Berglund wrote:
> 
> I have now built an RPi4B device using the latest 64 bit PiOS and on that I get
> a version of svn that *does* allow plaintext password cache. But it also came
> with a desktop and the first thing that happened when I tried a subversion
> command **from the ssh command line*** was that a dialog popped up on my
> *desktop monitor* where I was asked to enter my password etc!!!
> 
> Exactly the same as a number of years ago when I could not understand why a svn
> command just stalled without any output.

Yes, that's how it's always been designed to work. If you don't want that then don't do that. 


> Sooo strange that it should throw up something in a completely different
> environment than where the trigger was.

How should subversion detect that it is running in an ssh session rather than in a local terminal?

What do you think it should do instead in that situation?