Index: src/build_tools/autorevision/autorevision.cpp
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--- src/build_tools/autorevision/autorevision.cpp    (revision 3151)
+++ src/build_tools/autorevision/autorevision.cpp    (working copy)
@@ -91,36 +91,57 @@
 }
 
 
+#define DATELEN 19
+#define DATESEPARATORPOS 10
 
 bool QuerySvn(const string& workingDir, string& revision, string &date)
 {
-    string svncmd("svn info ");
+    string svncmd("svn --xml info ");
     svncmd.append(workingDir);
     FILE *svn = popen(svncmd.c_str(), "r");
+    string xml="";
 
+    revision="";
+    date="";
+
     if(svn)
     {
         char buf[1024];
-        string line;
-        while(fgets(buf, 4095, svn))
+        while(fgets(buf, 1024, svn))
         {
-            line.assign(buf);
-            if(line.find("Revision:") != string::npos)
-            {
-                revision = line.substr(strlen("Revision: "));
+            int bpos=strlen(buf)-1;
+            while (bpos && (buf[bpos]=='\r' || buf[bpos]=='\n') )
+                buf[bpos--]=' ';
+            xml += buf;
+    }
+        pclose(svn);
 
-                    string lbreak("\r\n");
-                    size_t i;
-                    while((i = revision.find_first_of(lbreak)) != string::npos)
-                        revision.erase(revision.length()-1);
-            }
-            if(line.find("Last Changed Date: ") != string::npos)
-            {
-                    date = line.substr(strlen("Last Changed Date: "), strlen("2006-01-01 12:34:56"));
-            }
-        }
+        string::size_type commit_start = xml.find("<commit");
+        string::size_type commit_end   = xml.find("</commit>");
+        if (commit_start == string::npos || commit_end == string::npos)
+            return false;
+
+        string::size_type revision_start = xml.find("revision=\"",commit_start);
+    string::size_type revision_end   = xml.find("\">"        ,commit_start);
+        if ( revision_start == string::npos || revision_end == string::npos )
+            return false;
+
+        revision_start+=strlen("revision=\"");
+        if ( revision_end > commit_end )
+            return false;
+
+    string::size_type date_start = xml.find("<date>",revision_end);
+        if (date_start == string::npos)
+            return false;
+
+        date_start+=6; // "<date>"
+    if (date_start+DATELEN > commit_end)
+            return false;
+
+        revision=xml.substr(revision_start, revision_end-revision_start);
+        date = xml.substr(date_start, DATELEN);
+    date[DATESEPARATORPOS]=' ';
     }
-    pclose(svn);
     return !revision.empty();
 }