RE: Newbie questions

sussman@collab.net wrote:
> "Sindbad the Seafarer" <sindbad.the.seafarer@gmx.net> writes:
>
>> A)
>> When installing v.25 under Windows under custom install the
>> installer offers unselection of Berkeley DB saving 12 MB. Am I right
>> assuming that this is for clients only which will use a repository on
>> a network drive/server?
>
> Correct. Without BDB, you end up with an svn client only capable of
> speaking to a network. BDB is required if you want a client that can
> hit a repository directly (file:///), or if you want a server process
> (svnserve, mod_dav_svn).

I believe the BDB option in the Windows installer refers only to the Berkely
database tools(db_recover.exe, db_archive.exe etc...). Even if you choose
not to install these, you should end up with a client capable of accessing a
local repository.

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Arild
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