how to fix svn trunk; cannot find .svn-base error (subversion)

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When I try to check out trunk/ from one of the Subversion repos, the following error occurs (and only part of the repo is checked out):

In directory '...trunk\www\libs\jquery'
Can't open file '...trunk\www\libs\jquery\.svn\tmp\text-base\jquery.scrollTo.html.svn-base': 
The system cannot find the file specified.

I have only trace midi-chlorians for the art of SVN maintenance and repair, as the control panel normally solves these issues for me. I have access to two resources which may be of great help:

  1. a checkout of trunk synced to the lasted HEAD version
  2. root SSH access to the new box, where trunk has been corrupted

What strategy should I take to solve this? What documentation do I need to read up on?

Is there some way to force my local copy into the repo and overwrite the existing content? Or am I going to be stuck with deleting the repo (i.e. losing version history) and creating a new one with the source?

Thanks, in advance!

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Sounds like a folder or something got removed using non-svn methods. I have seen this error when build script we had started removing a folder and its contents, then adding it back again. But of course the .svn folder was missing. - Rob Goodwin
Rob. I think that's exactly the case, or maybe just that one file. But I have no idea how to restore the repo to operational status. - Kato
The error you are getting looks like it is from your working copy, not the repo. If you do a fresh checkout into a new working copy, do you get this message? - Rob Goodwin
Yes, this is happening on a checkout; no local copy - Kato
Can you browse to the file it suggests in the error message using a repository browser of some kind? - Rob Goodwin

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I recreated the entire repository from scratch by making a copy, deleting the repo, deleting all the .svn directories recursively, and importing a new repo :(