I'm using svn 1.6.11 of Centos 6.2. I've noticed the following two issues with externals.
(1) If I have an external and then do a "svn propedit svn:externals ..." and delete a path, the file that was previously exported into my space by "svn update" persists in a state of limbo. (2) An "svn merge" seems to apply svn:mergeinfo property changes to externals. This seems extremely unwise. Should "svn merge" (and perhaps other commands) skip over external files? I love externals... they're very handy for multiple projects sharing partial common sources... but they aren't as easy to use as they should be, and come with some bizarre (non-intuitive) semantics. Is this bugworthy? -Philip