Index: contrib/client-side/svn_apply_autoprops.py
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--- contrib/client-side/svn_apply_autoprops.py	(revision 1917278)
+++ contrib/client-side/svn_apply_autoprops.py	(working copy)
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import getopt
 import fnmatch
 import os
 import re
+import subprocess
 import sys
 
 # The default path to the Subversion configuration file.
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ def process_autoprop_lines(lines):
         prop_value = prop_value.strip()
       except ValueError:
         prop_name = prop
-        prop_value = '*'
+        prop_value = 'ON'
       if len(prop_name):
         props_list += [(prop_name, prop_value)]
 
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ def filter_walk(autoprop_lines, dirname, filenames
       for f in matching_filenames:
         command += ["%s/%s" % (dirname, f)]
 
-      status = os.spawnvp(os.P_WAIT, 'svn', command)
+      status = subprocess.call(command)
       if status:
         print('Command %s failed with exit status %s' \
               % (command, status))