Running with this patch: [[[ % $svn diff -x-p Index: subversion/mod_dav_svn/liveprops.c =================================================================== --- subversion/mod_dav_svn/liveprops.c (revision 1237720) +++ subversion/mod_dav_svn/liveprops.c (working copy) @@ -721,6 +721,7 @@ insert_prop_internal(const dav_resource *resource, serr = svn_fs_node_proplist(&proplist, resource->info->root.root, resource->info->repos_path, scratch_pool); + value = "###error###"; break; if (serr != NULL) { ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, serr->apr_err, ]]] and running 'svn proplist -v $URL/to/repos/root', doesn't cause any error (with either DAV layer).
The code is definitely hit --- I checked this by sticking an abort() there. Haven't looked further into this -- perhaps someone else can?