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\\wsl$ filesystem does not support file locking

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Description

Trying to use SVN from Windows on the \wsl$ drive (in WSL2 mode), svn reports the following:

svn: E200033: Another process is blocking the working copy database, or the underlying filesystem does not support file locking; if the working copy is on a network filesystem, make sure file locking has been enabled on the file server
svn: E200033: sqlite[S5]: database is locked, executing statement 'PRAGMA case_sensitive_like=1;PRAGMA synchronous=OFF;PRAGMA recursive_triggers=ON;PRAGMA foreign_keys=OFF;PRAGMA locking_mode = NORMAL;PRAGMA journal_mode = TRUNCATE;'

I assume the problem is that the "underlying filesystem does not support file locking" - is this assumption correct, and is there a way to address this?

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Reproduce the SVN working-copy operation from Windows against a \wsl$ path and verify the reported SQLite database-locking error. Determine whether WSL's filesystem integration supports the required locking semantics; done means a confirmed cause and a documented workaround or fix path.

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Tech stack
sqlite
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operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
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Estimated time
3-5 days
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