"The parameter is incorrect." on "SVN check for Modifications"

[Martin Jost]

What I did:
I'm using "TortoiseSVN 1.14.0, Build 28885 - 64 Bit , 2020/05/24 13:32:45", the newest version in my understanding.
I mostly work under Linux, but really like some TortoiseSVN features.
So I use it via SMB on my home directory on Windows (Win 10)
There I ran "SVN check for Modifications" on my workspace.

What I expected
The list of my modified files, so I can commit.

What happened:
The window came up, just with
"Can't read file
'<Repo-path\Symlink-file>':
The parameter is incorrect."

Notes:
The file it complains about, is one of my symlinks. I guess, this is the problem and the "incorrect parameter".
In the past, this worked in Tortoise SVN, I "just" had to be ultra-careful about the symlinks.
(I had these in a Changeset of its own)
Unfortunately, I can't tell when/why it broke now.

My favorite solution would be to get the functionality back.
If this is not possible, a better error message would be nice.
(I know, I'm stretching Tortoise SVN here...)

[Stefan]

as newer svn (and the underlying apr lib) versions have improvements with dealing with symlinks and junctions on Windows, the problem here might be that your SMB reports the symlink as a Windows symlink, but then does not provide the proper response when svn then tries to resolve that symlink with the corresponding windows APIs.

why not just do a checkout on Windows so you get another working copy?

[Martin Jost]

Hello,

"why not just do a checkout on Windows so you get another working copy?"

Because the test is done on Unix. If I check out on Windows to a Windows-drive, I have no chance to test.

(Doing hard realtime SW, which needs to run on the specific target, our CI also runs on Unix; the part I had a fight with, is an update to the scripting for CI)

Regards

Martin