subversion crashed: Assertion `svn_path_is_canonical(path, pool)' failed

[Blackbug]

On executing the following command:
>svn co file://./src

subversion crashes with following error, with core dump.

svn: /build/buildd/subversion-1.6.17dfsg/subversion/libsvn_subr/path.c:380: svn_path_basename: Assertion `svn_path_is_canonical(path, pool)' failed.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: subversion 1.6.17dfsg-3ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.28-generic 3.2.9
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Mar 15 19:56:30 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
SourcePackage: subversion
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-15 (0 days ago)
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ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
Package: subversion 1.6.17dfsg-3ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.28-generic 3.2.9
Tags: precise
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-15 (0 days ago)
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[Blackbug (blackbug-nx)]

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[Blackbug (blackbug-nx)]

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[Blackbug (blackbug-nx)]

Core dump is attached

[Julian Taylor (jtaylor)]

also occurs in oneiric
I'm not really sure if this is a bug or just a weird way of telling you you supplied an invalid url

[Blackbug (blackbug-nx)]

I agree with Julian, its just not correct way to handle an invalid url.

[James McCoy (jamessan)]

This was fixed in Subversion's 1.8.4 release. The subversion packages in Trusty and later are new enough to have the fix.