The basic_upgrade_1_0 test fails the svn_path_is_canonical(base, pool) assertion in svn_path_join:
CMD: svnadmin create svn-test-work/repositories/upgrade_tests-7 --bdb-txn-nosync <TIME = 0.472257> CMD: svnadmin dump svn-test-work/local_tmp/repos | svnadmin load svn-test-work/repositories/upgrade_tests-7 --ignore-uuid <TIME = 0.034047> CMD: svn info svn-test-work/working_copies/upgrade_tests-7 --config-dir '/build/buildd-subversion_1.7.9-1+nmu4-s390x-OpG8rc/subversion-1.7.9/BUILD/subversion/tests/cmdline/svn-test-work/local_tmp/config' --password rayjandom --no-auth-cache --username jrandom CMD: /build/buildd-subversion_1.7.9-1+nmu4-s390x-OpG8rc/subversion-1.7.9/BUILD/subversion/svn/svn info svn-test-work/working_copies/upgrade_tests-7 --config-dir '/build/buildd-subversion_1.7.9-1+nmu4-s390x-OpG8rc/subversion-1.7.9/BUILD/subversion/tests/cmdline/svn-test-work/local_tmp/config' --password rayjandom --no-auth-cache --username jrandom exited with 1 <TIME = 0.119307> svn: E155036: Please see the 'svn upgrade' command svn: E155036: Working copy '/build/buildd-subversion_1.7.9-1+nmu4-s390x-OpG8rc/subversion-1.7.9/BUILD/subversion/tests/cmdline/svn-test-work/working_copies/upgrade_tests-7' is too old (format 4, created by Subversion <=1.3) CMD: svn upgrade svn-test-work/working_copies/upgrade_tests-7 --config-dir '/build/buildd-subversion_1.7.9-1+nmu4-s390x-OpG8rc/subversion-1.7.9/BUILD/subversion/tests/cmdline/svn-test-work/local_tmp/config' --password rayjandom --no-auth-cache --username jrandom lt-svn: /build/buildd-subversion_1.7.9-1+nmu4-s390x-OpG8rc/subversion-1.7.9/subversion/libsvn_subr/path.c:102: svn_path_join: Assertion `svn_path_is_canonical(base, pool)' failed. The full build log is available at: https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=subversion&arch=s390x&ver=1.7.9-1%2Bnmu4&stamp=1378306094 This was with svn 1.7.9. I haven't had a chance to test newer versions, but looking through the code in trunk, it looks like it would still be a problem. Cheers, James