I've seen this issue for years (at least since precise) already: On checkout, subversion always crashes with a Segmentation Fault. I've got to cleanup and update the repo afterwards.
Being annoyed I finally attached gdb and got the following backtrace:
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Starting program: /usr/bin/svn co --username u0016 https://repos.example.com/svn/p351/trunk broker
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
Authentication realm: <https://repos.example.com:443> Corp Repositories
Password for 'u0016': ***********
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00007ffff09daf99 in kwallet_password_set (done=done@entry=0x7fffffffced4, creds=creds@entry=0x7ffff7fae0f0, realmstring=realmstring@entry=0x7ffff7fb7430 "<https://repos.example.com:443> Corp Repositories", username=0x7ffff7f13458 "u0016",
password=0x7ffff7f13638 "***********", parameters=parameters@entry=0x7ffff7fbe0a8, non_interactive=0, pool=0x7ffff7fba028) at /build/subversion-xd0hYD/subversion-1.8.13/subversion/libsvn_auth_kwallet/kwallet.cpp:317
317 /build/subversion-xd0hYD/subversion-1.8.13/subversion/libsvn_auth_kwallet/kwallet.cpp: No such file or directory.
(gdb) bt
#0 0x00007ffff09daf99 in kwallet_password_set (done=done@entry=0x7fffffffced4, creds=creds@entry=0x7ffff7fae0f0, realmstring=realmstring@entry=0x7ffff7fb7430 "<https://repos.example.com:443> Corp Repositories", username=0x7ffff7f13458 "u0016",
password=0x7ffff7f13638 "***********", parameters=parameters@entry=0x7ffff7fbe0a8, non_interactive=0, pool=0x7ffff7fba028) at /build/subversion-xd0hYD/subversion-1.8.13/subversion/libsvn_auth_kwallet/kwallet.cpp:317
#1 0x00007ffff705b3e7 in svn_auth__simple_creds_cache_set (saved=0x7fffffffced4, credentials=0x7ffff7f13228, provider_baton=0x0, parameters=0x7ffff7fbe0a8, realmstring=0x7ffff7fb7430 "<https://repos.example.com:443> Corp Repositories",
password_set=password_set@entry=0x7ffff09dad30 <kwallet_password_set(svn_boolean_t*, apr_hash_t*, char const*, char const*, char const*, apr_hash_t*, svn_boolean_t, apr_pool_t*)>, passtype=<optimized out>, pool=0x7ffff7fba028)
at /build/subversion-xd0hYD/subversion-1.8.13/subversion/libsvn_subr/simple_providers.c:458
#2 0x00007ffff09da94a in kwallet_simple_save_creds (saved=<optimized out>, credentials=<optimized out>, provider_baton=<optimized out>, parameters=<optimized out>, realmstring=<optimized out>, pool=<optimized out>)
at /build/subversion-xd0hYD/subversion-1.8.13/subversion/libsvn_auth_kwallet/kwallet.cpp:372
#3 0x00007ffff70326c5 in svn_auth_save_credentials (state=0x7ffff7fb7400, pool=0x7ffff7fba028) at /build/subversion-xd0hYD/subversion-1.8.13/subversion/libsvn_subr/auth.c:379
#4 0x00007ffff5fa2331 in handle_response (scratch_pool=<optimized out>, serf_status=<synthetic pointer>, handler=0x7ffff7f18498, response=<optimized out>, request=0x7ffff7f10038) at /build/subversion-xd0hYD/subversion-1.8.13/subversion/libsvn_ra_serf/util.c:2116
#5 handle_response_cb (request=0x7ffff7f10038, response=0x7ffff7f0e0b8, baton=0x7ffff7f18498, scratch_pool=0x7ffff7fa7028) at /build/subversion-xd0hYD/subversion-1.8.13/subversion/libsvn_ra_serf/util.c:2275
#6 0x00007ffff49c745e in serf.process_connection () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libserf-1.so.1
#7 0x00007ffff49c5cee in serf_event_trigger () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libserf-1.so.1
#8 0x00007ffff49c5e0c in serf_context_run () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libserf-1.so.1
#9 0x00007ffff5fa0b73 in svn_ra_serf__context_run_wait (done=done@entry=0x7ffff7f184b4, sess=0x7ffff7f18110, scratch_pool=scratch_pool@entry=0x7ffff7f18028) at /build/subversion-xd0hYD/subversion-1.8.13/subversion/libsvn_ra_serf/util.c:917
#10 0x00007ffff5fa1d34 in svn_ra_serf__context_run_one (handler=0x7ffff7f18498, scratch_pool=scratch_pool@entry=0x7ffff7f18028) at /build/subversion-xd0hYD/subversion-1.8.13/subversion/libsvn_ra_serf/util.c:982
#11 0x00007ffff5f94c30 in svn_ra_serf__exchange_capabilities (serf_sess=serf_sess@entry=0x7ffff7f18110, corrected_url=corrected_url@entry=0x7fffffffd398, pool=pool@entry=0x7ffff7f18028)
at /build/subversion-xd0hYD/subversion-1.8.13/subversion/libsvn_ra_serf/options.c:494
#12 0x00007ffff5f9a647 in svn_ra_serf__open (session=<optimized out>, corrected_url=0x7fffffffd398, session_URL=<optimized out>, callbacks=0x7ffff7fe30c8, callback_baton=<optimized out>, config=<optimized out>, pool=0x7ffff7f18028)
at /build/subversion-xd0hYD/subversion-1.8.13/subversion/libsvn_ra_serf/serf.c:541
#13 0x00007ffff76c485d in svn_ra_open4 (session_p=session_p@entry=0x7fffffffd610, corrected_url_p=0x7fffffffd4e0, repos_URL=repos_URL@entry=0x7ffff7fe2d58 "https://repos.example.com/svn/p351/trunk", uuid=0x7ffff7fe3120 "60787c2e-1572-4845-8071-d2064bb41626",
callbacks=0x7ffff7fe30c8, callback_baton=callback_baton@entry=0x7ffff7fe30a0, config=0x7ffff7feacd8, pool=0x7ffff7fe1028) at /build/subversion-xd0hYD/subversion-1.8.13/subversion/libsvn_ra/ra_loader.c:479
#14 0x00007ffff7bbe3c1 in svn_client__open_ra_session_internal (ra_session=ra_session@entry=0x7fffffffd610, corrected_url=corrected_url@entry=0x7fffffffd5d8, base_url=base_url@entry=0x7ffff7fe2d58 "https://repos.example.com/svn/p351/trunk",
base_dir_abspath=base_dir_abspath@entry=0x7ffff7fe2ca8 "/home/stretz/Source/lorentz/broker/broker", commit_items=commit_items@entry=0x0, write_dav_props=write_dav_props@entry=1, read_dav_props=1, ctx=0x7ffff7feb508, result_pool=0x7ffff7fe1028,
scratch_pool=0x7ffff7fe1028) at /build/subversion-xd0hYD/subversion-1.8.13/subversion/libsvn_client/ra.c:390
#15 0x00007ffff7bc426d in update_internal (result_rev=result_rev@entry=0x0, conflicted_paths=conflicted_paths@entry=0x7ffff7fe2bd8, local_abspath=local_abspath@entry=0x7ffff7fe11a0 "/home/stretz/Source/lorentz/broker/broker",
anchor_abspath=anchor_abspath@entry=0x7ffff7fe2ca8 "/home/stretz/Source/lorentz/broker/broker", revision=revision@entry=0x7fffffffd790, depth=depth@entry=svn_depth_unknown, depth_is_sticky=0, ignore_externals=0, allow_unver_obstructions=0, adds_as_modification=1,
timestamp_sleep=0x7fffffffd90c, notify_summary=1, ctx=0x7ffff7feb508, pool=0x7ffff7fe1028) at /build/subversion-xd0hYD/subversion-1.8.13/subversion/libsvn_client/update.c:370
#16 0x00007ffff7bc4bb4 in svn_client__update_internal (result_rev=result_rev@entry=0x0, local_abspath=local_abspath@entry=0x7ffff7fe11a0 "/home/stretz/Source/lorentz/broker/broker", revision=revision@entry=0x7fffffffd9b0, depth=depth@entry=svn_depth_unknown,
depth_is_sticky=depth_is_sticky@entry=1, ignore_externals=ignore_externals@entry=0, allow_unver_obstructions=0, adds_as_modification=1, make_parents=0, innerupdate=0, timestamp_sleep=0x7fffffffd90c, ctx=0x7ffff7feb508, pool=0x7ffff7fe1028)
at /build/subversion-xd0hYD/subversion-1.8.13/subversion/libsvn_client/update.c:595
#17 0x00007ffff7b8b656 in svn_client__checkout_internal (result_rev=result_rev@entry=0x0, url=url@entry=0x7ffff7fbe850 "https://repos.example.com/svn/p351/trunk", local_abspath=0x7ffff7fe11a0 "/home/stretz/Source/lorentz/broker/broker",
peg_revision=peg_revision@entry=0x7fffffffd9c0, revision=revision@entry=0x7fffffffd9b0, depth=svn_depth_unknown, ignore_externals=0, allow_unver_obstructions=0, timestamp_sleep=0x7fffffffd90c, ctx=0x7ffff7feb508, pool=0x7ffff7fe1028)
at /build/subversion-xd0hYD/subversion-1.8.13/subversion/libsvn_client/checkout.c:160
#18 0x00007ffff7b8b7b3 in svn_client_checkout3 (result_rev=result_rev@entry=0x0, URL=0x7ffff7fbe850 "https://repos.example.com/svn/p351/trunk", path=<optimized out>, peg_revision=peg_revision@entry=0x7fffffffd9c0, revision=revision@entry=0x7fffffffd9b0,
depth=svn_depth_unknown, ignore_externals=0, allow_unver_obstructions=0, ctx=0x7ffff7feb508, pool=0x7ffff7fe1028) at /build/subversion-xd0hYD/subversion-1.8.13/subversion/libsvn_client/checkout.c:189
#19 0x0000000000408073 in svn_cl__checkout (os=<optimized out>, baton=<optimized out>, pool=<optimized out>) at /build/subversion-xd0hYD/subversion-1.8.13/subversion/svn/checkout-cmd.c:161
#20 0x000000000041b782 in sub_main (argc=argc@entry=6, argv=argv@entry=0x7fffffffde68, pool=pool@entry=0x7ffff7fea028) at /build/subversion-xd0hYD/subversion-1.8.13/subversion/svn/svn.c:2884
#21 0x0000000000406ba7 in main (argc=6, argv=0x7fffffffde68) at /build/subversion-xd0hYD/subversion-1.8.13/subversion/svn/svn.c:2979
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: subversion 1.8.13-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-23.28-generic 4.2.6
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Thu Jan 7 11:44:30 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-03 (3 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
SourcePackage: subversion
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
I tried the packages from xenial (1.9.2-3ubuntu2) and the issue seems to be fixed there (looks like KWallet isn't used anymore at all).