Mac SVN E175002: Could not resolve hostname `'

Question

I'm getting "Could not resolve hostname `' " for any hostname I enter that uses the http/https protocol. No matter what hostname I use it returns the backtick single quote. DNS works fine, I can ping the domain, and navigate to the repo using a browser. I can also browse the repo using TortoiseSVN on a windows machine. ``` svn: E175002: OPTIONS of 'http://mysite.com/svnrepo': Could not resolve hostname `': Host not found (http://mysite.com) svn: E175002: OPTIONS of 'http://nonexistantdomain': Could not resolve hostname `': Host not found (http://nonexistantdomain) ``` If I use the svn:// protocol the hostname resolves just fine. I've tried using the svn that ships with Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, SVN from Ports, WANDisco, I even compiled the source and I'm still getting the same thing. I also downloaded serf-1.1.1 and compiled that. I can't figure out how svn resolves the host name.

Accepted Answer

After trying many things including compiling subversion with both neon and serf I finally figured it out.

~/.subversion/servers

At the end of that file is

```
http-timeout = 
http-proxy-port = 
http-proxy-host = 
http-proxy-username = 
http-proxy-password = 
```

I assumed that those equalling nothing ment they were ignored but they are not. After commenting them out, svn can resolve names again.

Mac SVN E175002: Could not resolve hostname `'

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