vc-register doesn't recognize subversion repository

[Tassilo Horn]

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Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

If I find a new file in a directory that's under subversion version
control and say `M-x vc-register' I'm prompted if a rcs directory should
be created. It seems emacs doesn't recognize that there's a .svn
directory already.

I cannot say since when emacs has this bug, but about one month ago it
worked as expected. Emacs recognized that this file is in a svn

In GNU Emacs 22.1.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.10.13)
 of 2007-07-11 on baldur
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10300000
configured using `configure  '--prefix=/usr' '--host=i686-pc-linux-gnu' 
'--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--datadir=/usr/share' 
'--sysconfdir=/etc' '--localstatedir=/var/lib' '--program-suffix=-emacs-22-cvs' 
'--infodir=/usr/share/info/emacs-22-cvs' '--without-carbon' '--with-sound' 
'--with-x' '--with-xpm' '--with-toolkit-scroll-bars' '--with-jpeg' 
'--with-tiff' '--with-gif' '--with-png' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' 
'--without-hesiod' '--with-gpm' '--build=i686-pc-linux-gnu' 
'build_alias=i686-pc-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=i686-pc-linux-gnu' 
'CFLAGS=-march=i686 -mtune=prescott -O2 -pipe''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  locale-coding-system: utf-8
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Text

Minor modes in effect:
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  tracking-mode: t
  desktop-save-mode: t
  recentf-mode: t
  window-number-meta-mode: t
  window-number-mode: t
  savehist-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  global-hl-line-mode: t
  which-function-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  unify-8859-on-encoding-mode: t
  utf-translate-cjk-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> i <backspace> <backspace> 
i s SPC i n SPC a SPC s v n SPC r e p o s i t a r y 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> o r f <backspace> 
y SPC a s <backspace> n d SPC a d d e d SPC i t SPC 
t o SPC v e r s i o n SPC t <backspace> c o n r <backspace> 
t r o l . <down> C-k C-k C-k C-k C-k C-k C-k C-k C-k 
C-k C-k C-k <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> C-SPC <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> M-w C-x k <return> y C-x k <return> C-x b <return> 
M-x v c - r e g <tab> <return> n M-x r e p o <tab> 
r t <tab> e m a <tab> b u <tab> <return>

Recent messages:
Auto-saving...done
Auto-saving...done
Mark set
Buffer *mail to address@hidden modified; kill anyway? (y or n) 
Mark set
Press C-c C-c when you are done editing.
Registering /home/heimdall/uni/repos/st-ss07/victor/comments/blatt08.txt... 
Create RCS subdirectory? (y or n) 
apply: Searching for program: no such file or directory, rcs
Making completion list...