I assume you're using Subversion 1.4 then, since in SVN 1.4 the work copy format has been changed. Catalogmanager is developed against Subversion 1.3 and needs to be updated to handle this new work copy format.

I changed the summary field of this bug report.

I made quick patch to solve the problem. See http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-i18n-doc&m=116621541906423&w=2 for details.

*** Bug 137310 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

SVN commit 614865 by hasso:

As I got no objections and some users even tested it (I really appreciate
this), I hope I'll not be killed because of committing this - subversion
1.4 support for catalogmanager.

BUG:135795
CCMAIL:kde-i18n-doc@kde.org
CCMAIL:kbabel@kde.org
CCMAIL:kde-et@linux.ee



 M  +104 -5    svnhandler.cpp  
 M  +23 -0     svnhandler.h  


--- branches/KDE/3.5/kdesdk/kbabel/catalogmanager/libsvn/svnhandler.cpp #614864:614865
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@
 #include <kmessagebox.h>
 #include <ktempfile.h>
 #include <kdebug.h>
+#include <kprocess.h>
 // project specific include files
 #include "svnhandler.h"
 
-
 SVNHandler::SVNHandler( const QString& poBaseDir, const QString& potBaseDir )
 {
   setPOBaseDir( poBaseDir );
@@ -126,19 +126,83 @@
 
   QFileInfo info( fn );
 
-  // check if '.svn/entries' exists and can be read
+  // check if '.svn/entries' exists.
   QFile entries( info.dir( true ).path( ) + "/.svn/entries" );
 
   if ( !entries.exists() )
     return NOT_IN_SVN;
-  
-  if ( !entries.open( IO_ReadOnly ) )
-    return ERROR_IN_WC;  // we already know that it is a repository
 
+  KProcess proc;
+  SVNOutputCollector out( &proc );
+
+  proc << "svn" << "status" << "-v" << "--xml" << info.absFilePath();
+
+  if( !proc.start( KProcess::Block, KProcess::Stdout ) )
+    return ERROR_IN_WC;
+
   QDomDocument doc;
   QString errorMsg;
   int errorLine, errorCol;
+  QDomNodeList nodelist;
+  QDomNode node;
+  QDomElement entry, wcStatus;
 
+  // Parse the output.
+  if ( !doc.setContent( out.output(), &errorMsg, &errorLine, &errorCol ) ) {
+    kdDebug(8109) << "Cannot parse \"svn status -v --xml\" output for"
+        << filename << endl << "Line: " << errorLine << " Column: "
+        << errorCol << " Error: " << errorMsg << endl;
+    goto no_status_xml;
+  }
+
+  // There should be only one "entry" element. If it doesn't exist, path
+  // isn't repo path at all.
+  nodelist = doc.elementsByTagName("entry");
+  if (nodelist.count() < 1)
+    return NOT_IN_SVN;
+
+  entry = nodelist.item(0).toElement();
+
+  // Shouldn't fail, but just in case there is some weird error.
+  if ( entry.attributeNode("path").value() != info.absFilePath() )
+    return ERROR_IN_WC;
+
+  for ( node = entry.firstChild(); !node.isNull(); node = node.nextSibling() ) {
+    if ( !node.isElement() )
+      continue;
+    if (node.toElement().tagName() == "wc-status")
+      break;
+  }
+
+  if ( node.isNull() )
+    return ERROR_IN_WC;
+
+  wcStatus = node.toElement();
+
+  if ( wcStatus.attributeNode("item").value() == "normal" )
+    return UP_TO_DATE;
+  if ( wcStatus.attributeNode("item").value() == "modified" )
+    return LOCALLY_MODIFIED;
+  if ( wcStatus.attributeNode("item").value() == "conflicted" )
+    return CONFLICT;
+  if ( wcStatus.attributeNode("item").value() == "unversioned" )
+    return NOT_IN_SVN;
+  // TODO Ignored entry should have separate return value probably.
+  if ( wcStatus.attributeNode("item").value() == "ignored" )
+    return NOT_IN_SVN;
+  if ( wcStatus.attributeNode("item").value() == "added" )
+    return LOCALLY_ADDED;
+  if ( wcStatus.attributeNode("item").value() == "deleted" )
+    return LOCALLY_REMOVED;
+  // TODO What to do with "missing", "incomplete", "replaced", "merged",
+  // "obstructed", "external"? Can these appear at all in our case?
+
+  return ERROR_IN_WC;
+
+no_status_xml:
+  if ( !entries.open( IO_ReadOnly ) )
+    return ERROR_IN_WC;  // we already know that it is a repository
+
   // Parse the entries file
   if ( !doc.setContent( &entries, &errorMsg, &errorLine, &errorCol ) ) {
     kdDebug() << "Cannot parse .svn/entries file for " << filename << endl
@@ -439,7 +503,42 @@
   return status == LOCALLY_MODIFIED || status == NOT_IN_SVN;
 }
 
+SVNOutputCollector::SVNOutputCollector( KProcess* p )
+  : m_process(0)
+{
+  setProcess( p );
+}
 
+void SVNOutputCollector::setProcess( KProcess* p )
+{
+  if( m_process )
+    m_process->disconnect( this );
+
+  m_process = p;
+  if( p ) {
+    connect( p, SIGNAL(receivedStdout(KProcess*, char*, int)),
+             this, SLOT(slotGatherStdout(KProcess*, char*, int)) );
+    connect( p, SIGNAL(receivedStderr(KProcess*, char*, int)),
+             this, SLOT(slotGatherStderr(KProcess*, char*, int)) );
+  }
+
+  m_gatheredOutput.truncate( 0 );
+  m_stderrOutput.truncate( 0 );
+  m_stdoutOutput.truncate( 0 );
+}
+
+void SVNOutputCollector::slotGatherStderr( KProcess*, char* data, int len )
+{
+  m_gatheredOutput.append( QString::fromLocal8Bit( data, len ) );
+  m_stderrOutput.append( QString::fromLocal8Bit( data, len ) );
+}
+
+void SVNOutputCollector::slotGatherStdout( KProcess*, char* data, int len )
+{
+  m_gatheredOutput.append( QString::fromLocal8Bit( data, len ) );
+  m_stdoutOutput.append( QString::fromLocal8Bit( data, len ) );
+}
+
 #include "svnhandler.moc"
 
 // kate: space-indent on; indent-width 2; replace-tabs on;
--- branches/KDE/3.5/kdesdk/kbabel/catalogmanager/libsvn/svnhandler.h #614864:614865
@@ -112,4 +112,27 @@
     QMap<QString,QString> map;
 };
 
+class SVNOutputCollector: public QObject
+{
+  Q_OBJECT
+
+ public:
+  SVNOutputCollector( KProcess* );
+  void setProcess( KProcess* );
+
+  const QString& output() const { return m_gatheredOutput; }
+  const QString& stderr() const { return m_stderrOutput; }
+  const QString& stdout() const { return m_stdoutOutput; }
+
+ private slots:
+  void slotGatherStderr( KProcess*, char*, int );
+  void slotGatherStdout( KProcess*, char*, int );
+
+ private:
+  QString m_gatheredOutput;
+  QString m_stderrOutput;
+  QString m_stdoutOutput;
+  KProcess* m_process;
+};
+
 #endif // SVNHANDLER_H