Python source checkout problem

[Andrew Lucas]

I am trying to check-out the python source using subversion.  The
documentation says that

"svn co http://svn.python.org/projects/python/trunk"

should do the trick.

When I do this I get the following response:

"svn: REPORT of '/projects/!svn/vcc/default': 200 OK (http://
svn.python.org)"

There is now a hidden .svn folder in my directory, but I can't find
any source anywhere, all subdirectories are empty.

When I try to update via

"svn update"

I get the following response.

"svn: Server sent unexpected return value (307 Proxy Redirect) in
response to OPTIONS request for 'http://svn.python.org/projects/python/
trunk' "

Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

Thanks,
Andrew