[Resent...my original seems to have disappeared...]
On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 10:11, kfogel@collab.net wrote:
> Dennis Newbold <dennisn@pe.net> writes:
> > Part of my problem is that the web hosting outfit I signed up with
> > advertised having both Linux and FreeBSD servers available. I requested a
> > Linux server, since that's what I'm most comfortable with. They gave me a
> > FreeBSD server. When I objected (and after they had taken my money) they
> > said they had no more Linux servers available, but that FreeBSD was
> > "functionally equivalent". Which, in large part, may be true, but it
> > means that I cannot install from a subversion rpm file, since rpm's don't
> > work on FreeBSD.
>
> Yick. Sorry you're doing business with them :-(.
Ditto. I'm a big FreeBSD fan but I'm also a big believer in using
whatever tools you're most comfortable with, and in providers giving you
what you ask for.
Dennis, I recommend installing subversion from the FreeBSD ports
collection (roughly analogous to a source RPM). If you want a
pre-compiled package (roughly analogous to a binary RPM), I believe we
have 1.0.4 on the project FTP servers. Both of these will be much
easier than trying to check out the source and building it.
For a brief time I used to maintain the ports collection Makefiles for
subversion. It's how I always install subversion.
If you can tell me exactly what version of FreeBSD you have on the
server ('uname -a' output) and what kind of access you have (i.e. do you
have superuser access?) I can try to help you out. Off-list is fine if
you prefer.
Bruce.
(FreeBSD committer)
Received on Fri Jun 25 19:35:27 2004