# Svn bindings error on 1.8.6

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-bindings-error-on-1-8-6/132532>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 21, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-bindings-error-on-1-8-6/132532 "2008-03-21T03:12:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![twostepted](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@twostepted](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/twostepted)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-bindings-error-on-1-8-6/132532/1 "2008-03-21T03:12:06Z")

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When calling Svn::Repos.create() and Svn::Repos.open(), I keep getting  
this error. I’m convinced that i’m using the correct path to the  
repository. I’m calling Svn::Repos.open() with a single argument, the  
full path to the repository.

TypeError: in method ‘svn\_repos\_open’, argument 2 of type ‘char const  
\*’  
/usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/i386-linux/svn/util.rb:60:in  
`svn_repos_open' /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/i386-linux/svn/util.rb:60:in`call’  
/usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/i386-linux/svn/util.rb:60:in `open' /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/i386-linux/svn/repos.rb:29:in`\_open’  
/usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/i386-linux/svn/repos.rb:29:in `open' /var/www/html/TiddlyWiki/app/controllers/repo_controller.rb:118:in`save’

The OS is fedora core 8

I’m trying extend acts\_subversioned to save versioned columns to an  
svn repository while keeping record of the versions in a database.

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**Author:** ![twostepted](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@twostepted](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/twostepted)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 6:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-bindings-error-on-1-8-6/132532/2 "2008-03-23T06:25:09Z")

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Does anyone have any advice on where I can get help / support using  
the svn bindings for ruby?