with svn-1.6 svn co --ignore-externals https://gar.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/gar/csw/mgar/pkg/subversion cd subverison/trunk ln -s gar ../whatever svn st X gar
with svn -1.7 this looks like: svn st ? gar platform: solaris, http://opencsw.org rupert.
