Re: Mod_dav_svn 1.4.6 and SVN server 1.6.17 compatibility

Daniel Shahaf wrote on Mon, May 14, 2012 at 18:02:14 +0300:
> Jose Luis Gonzalez wrote on Mon, May 14, 2012 at 16:25:30 +0200:
> > Has anyone replaced SVN Server libraries 1.4 with server libraries of SVN
> > 1.6, while maintaining mod_dav_svn 1.4 and repository 1.4, without issues?
>
> This is not supported. mod_dav_svn, mod_authz_svn, and libsvn_*.so must
> all be the same version.
>
> An exact match is required --- mixing 1.6.x libs with 1.6.y libs is only
> guaranteed to work when x==y.

This is because mod_dav_svn, as part of the core, may use private APIs,
and those may change between 1.6.x and 1.6.y.

Third-party code compiled against 1.4 can be run against 1.4 and any
later version without recompilation, since it cannot use core-private
APIs.
Received on 2012-05-14 17:10:05 CEST