# How do I specify an external at a revision? the external definition in my previous svn setup isn't working even after I change the url

**URL:** <https://community.cloudogu.com/t/how-do-i-specify-an-external-at-a-revision-the-external-definition-in-my-previous-svn-setup-isnt-working-even-after-i-change-the-url/375>\
**Category:** SCM-Manager Bug Reports\
**Created:** [November 23, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.cloudogu.com/t/how-do-i-specify-an-external-at-a-revision-the-external-definition-in-my-previous-svn-setup-isnt-working-even-after-i-change-the-url/375 "2021-11-23T16:13:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![mcote](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.cloudogu.com/mcote/32/1065_2.png) [@mcote](https://community.cloudogu.com/u/mcote)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.cloudogu.com/t/how-do-i-specify-an-external-at-a-revision-the-external-definition-in-my-previous-svn-setup-isnt-working-even-after-i-change-the-url/375/1 "2021-11-23T16:13:12Z")

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your svn seems to add the latest version to the url instead of the one I specified.

svn: warning: W205011: Error handling externals definition for ‘Build/Tools/FlashImageHeader’:  
svn: warning: W160013: ‘/scm/repo/XSeries/iris\_pcapps/!svn/bc/765/code/sources/644/FlashImageHeader/trunk/bin’ path not found  
At revision 6963.  
in my external definition:  
-r 644 /scm/repo/XSeries/iris\_pcapps/code/sources/644/FlashImageHeader/trunk/bin Build/Tools/FlashImageHeader

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**Author:** ![mcote](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.cloudogu.com/mcote/32/1065_2.png) [@mcote](https://community.cloudogu.com/u/mcote)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.cloudogu.com/t/how-do-i-specify-an-external-at-a-revision-the-external-definition-in-my-previous-svn-setup-isnt-working-even-after-i-change-the-url/375/2 "2021-11-23T16:19:11Z")

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I have tried all the various ways to specify the version and I see this error no matter what:  
svn: warning: W170000: URL ‘[https://001vl1sccmap01.zollmed.com:8443/scm/repo/XSeries/iris\_pcapps/code/sources/FlashImageHeader/trunk/bin](https://001vl1sccmap01.zollmed.com:8443/scm/repo/XSeries/iris_pcapps/code/sources/FlashImageHeader/trunk/bin)’ at revision 644 doesn’t exist  
but I can get to that version in the gui.

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**Author:** ![mcote](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.cloudogu.com/mcote/32/1065_2.png) [@mcote](https://community.cloudogu.com/u/mcote)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.cloudogu.com/t/how-do-i-specify-an-external-at-a-revision-the-external-definition-in-my-previous-svn-setup-isnt-working-even-after-i-change-the-url/375/3 "2021-11-23T17:58:30Z")

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I figured out how to get the external to work.  
/scm/repo/XSeries/iris\_pcapps/FlashImageHeader/trunk/bin@644 Build/Tools/FlashImageHeader

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**Author:** ![christoph.loose](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.cloudogu.com/christoph.loose/32/1400_2.png) [@christoph.loose](https://community.cloudogu.com/u/christoph.loose)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2022, 11:30am UTC](https://community.cloudogu.com/t/how-do-i-specify-an-external-at-a-revision-the-external-definition-in-my-previous-svn-setup-isnt-working-even-after-i-change-the-url/375/4 "2022-07-08T11:30:56Z")

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I am closing this issue thread since there was no activity in the last 30 days.