Converting mercurial repository to svn with convert extension fails in windows and linux

[Michael Long (MaxWell)]

Hello,

I have a (quite large) repository which I'd like to export to subversion.

D:\work\horizon>hg convert --dest-type svn src horizon-svn --debug --traceback
initializing svn repository 'horizon-svn'
running: "svnadmin" "create" "D:\work\horizon\horizon-svn" < NUL:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "mercurial\dispatch.pyo", line 87, in _runcatch
  File "mercurial\dispatch.pyo", line 696, in _dispatch
  File "mercurial\dispatch.pyo", line 472, in runcommand
  File "mercurial\extensions.pyo", line 184, in wrap
  File "hgext\color.pyo", line 362, in colorcmd
  File "mercurial\dispatch.pyo", line 786, in _runcommand
  File "mercurial\dispatch.pyo", line 757, in checkargs
  File "mercurial\dispatch.pyo", line 693, in <lambda>
  File "mercurial\util.pyo", line 463, in check
  File "hgext\convert\__init__.pyo", line 269, in convert
  File "hgext\convert\convcmd.pyo", line 439, in convert
  File "hgext\convert\convcmd.pyo", line 70, in convertsink
  File "hgext\convert\subversion.pyo", line 1027, in __init__
  File "hgext\convert\common.pyo", line 322, in run0
  File "hgext\convert\common.pyo", line 318, in checkexit
Abort: svnadmin exited with status 1
abort: svnadmin exited with status 1

When I run the same command in Ubuntu I receive similar results:
mike at mike-virtual-machine ~/repos $ hg convert --dest-type svn ~/Horizon ~/HorizonToSvn -v --debug  --traceback > debug_convert.log
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 87, in _runcatch
    return _dispatch(req)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 684, in _dispatch
    cmdpats, cmdoptions)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 466, in runcommand
    ret = _runcommand(ui, options, cmd, d)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 738, in _runcommand
    return checkargs()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 692, in checkargs
    return cmdfunc()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 681, in <lambda>
    d = lambda: util.checksignature(func)(ui, *args, **cmdoptions)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mercurial/util.py", line 458, in check
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/hgext/convert/__init__.py", line 269, in convert
    return convcmd.convert(ui, src, dest, revmapfile, **opts)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/hgext/convert/convcmd.py", line 445, in convert
    c.convert(sortmode)
 File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/hgext/convert/convcmd.py", line 361, in convert
    self.copy(c)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/hgext/convert/convcmd.py", line 330, in copy
    source, self.map)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/hgext/convert/subversion.py", line 1144, in putcommit
    entries.update(self.add_dirs(files.difference(entries)))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/hgext/convert/subversion.py", line 1101, in add_dirs
    self.xargs(add_dirs, 'add', non_recursive=True, quiet=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/hgext/convert/common.py", line 366, in xargs
    self.run0(cmd, *(list(args) + l), **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/hgext/convert/common.py", line 317, in run0
    self.checkexit(status, output)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/hgext/convert/common.py", line 313, in checkexit
    raise util.Abort('%s %s' % (self.command, msg))
Abort: svn exited with status 32512
abort: svn exited with status 32512
mike at mike-virtual-machine ~/repos $

The version information is:
mike at mike-virtual-machine ~/repos $ uname -a
Linux mike-virtual-machine 3.2.0-23-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 10 20:39:51 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
mike at mike-virtual-machine ~/repos $ hg version
Mercurial Distributed SCM (version 2.0.2)
(see http://mercurial.selenic.com for more information)

Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Matt Mackall and others
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
mike at mike-virtual-machine ~/repos $

Can anyone suggest what the problem might be or give me any suggestions for what I can try?

Regards,
Mike Long
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