I run into this when using the older command line svn client with the mvn release process.
Seaching for the error found that setting LC_ALL=C fixes the problem. Anyone know what this is about?
[INFO] Unable to check for local modifications Provider message: The svn command failed. Command output: svn: error: cannot set LC_ALL locale svn: error: environment variable LANG is not set svn: error: please check that your locale name is correct [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] For more information, run Maven with the -e switch [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 4 seconds [INFO] Finished at: Fri Oct 19 14:38:54 PDT 2007 [INFO] Final Memory: 19M/358M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [starksm@succubus jbossmc]$ export LC_ALL=C [starksm@succubus tmp]$ uname -a Linux succubus.starkinternational.com 2.6.9-42.0.2.ELsmp #1 SMP Thu Aug 17 17:57:31 EDT 2006 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux