Update to svn version 1.5.x leads to "SSL negotiation failed: Secure connection truncated"

[Niklaus Giger <ni...@member.fsf.org>]

Hi

Subversion is a great tool which I use a lot at work and at home. The 
developers did a great job!

However when I upgrade my Debian package from 1.4.2 to 1.5.4 my access to our 
server suddenly broke with the error messag "SSL negotiation failed: Secure 
connection truncated".

The Debian package maintainer suggested (as shown in
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507374)suggested the followin 
workaround which worked perfectyl for me:
> Subversion 1.5 ships with two http/https backend libraries that use two
> different WebDAV libraries, neon and serf.  Try the following in
> ~/.subversion/servers:
>
>   [groups]
>   foobar = svnte.netstal.com
>
>   [foobar]
>   http-library = serf
>
> (Of course "foobar" can be any label.)  The serf backend prompts me for
> a client certificate.  This may or may not be what you need, but at
> least it is different from what the neon backend does.

I did not find any reference to this solution. Therefore I repost here if 
anybody has the same problem.

This problem only affects repositories where I need to specify a CERT file in 
my ~/.subversion/servers file, where you find lines like
> ssl-client-cert-file = /path/to/myCrediental.pfx
> ssl-client-cert-password =  topsecret

I do not whether one should add this to the FAQ (or whether it is a very 
uncommon errror).

Best regards

Niklaus

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