If you telnet or netcat to the host on port 3690, what do you get?
The expected answer is, "The same output I get when I run 'svnserve -i'
on the server".
Larry Goldman wrote on Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 16:46:29 -0700:
> I'm attempting to get svnserve running on OS X Server 10.8.
>
> I have successfully installed the client and server (using Fink).
>
> When starting svnserve from the command line ("svnserve -d -r /Groups/svn"),
> the client lists the repository contents successfully.
>
> When I start svnserve via launchd as specified in the Red Book, the client
> reports: Malformed network data.
>
> I believe I have the correct launchd .plist.
>
> I have tried this with SVN version 1.7.5 and 1.6.18. Both can connect OK from
> command line, but report Malformed Network Data for launchd invocation.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Larry Goldman
