 <p>It is possible to build a version of subversion that doesn't have this problem. It seems that the problem is the apr and apr-util libraries (see <a href="http://www.briandwells.com/main/Blog/Entries/2006/10/5_Subversion,_Mac_OS_X,_and_SMB.html" rel="nofollow">Subversion, Mac OS X, and SMB</a>).</p> <p>The work around I used is to compile subversion using OS X's versions apr, apr-util &amp; apxs libraries.</p> <p>Here is how to do it:</p> <ol> <li>Get the a svn tarball, and un-tar it somewhere suitable</li> <li><p><code>./configure --prefix=/opt/subversion/ --with-apr=/usr/local/apr --with-apr-util=/usr/local/apr --without-berkeley-db --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs</code></p> <ul> <li>--prefix=/opt/subversion/: put subversion in <code>/opt/subversion</code>, which is handy if you use svnX.</li> <li>--with-apr=/usr/local/apr: use OS X's apr library.</li> <li>--with-apr-util=/usr/local/apr: use OS X's apr-util library.</li> <li>--with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs: use OS X's apxs library.</li> <li>--without-berkeley-db: This isn't strictly part of the fix, but I've never used anything other than subversion FSFS, so I don't build with berkeley-db.</li> </ul></li> <li><p><code>sudo make install</code></p></li> </ol> <p>I have successfully done this on OS X 10.5, with subversion 1.6.13.</p> <p>svnX is happy with this too.</p>