[arch-general] Can't store passwords with subversion 1.8.0

[Armin K.]

On 07/10/2013 01:11 PM, Oliver Kraitschy wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> since the update to subversion 1.8.0 i can't make subversion store passwords. It asks for the password with every command i execute.
> 
> I also tried to tell subversion explicitely to store passwords and to store them in plaintext with the following settings in the servers config file:
> 
> store-passwords = yes
> store-plaintext-passwords = yes
> 
> But that didn't do the trick, either.
> 
> So did anyone encounter the same problem or am i just doing something wrong?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Oliver
> 

I don't know if it's any help, but you can try using gnome-keyring or
kwallet (depending on the desktop) to store subversion passwords. Note
that gnome-keyring can be run on desktops other than GNOME (Xfce, maybe
lxde and such).