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[PATCH] [libsvn_ra_svn/client.c] confugre remote command for tunnel via $SVN_REMCMD instead hardcoded svnserve

From: Stefan Petri <petri_at_pik-potsdam.de>
Date: 2006-09-19 11:08:28 CEST

Hi!

I have stumbled across several cases where access via tunneling failed
because the remote svnserve binary was not in a system default search
path. The subversion FAQ and manual show the workaround via tweaking ssh
key configuration, but I have several cases where that is not
applicable. So, here is 4-line patch , which takes the command to invoke
from the environment variable SVN_REMCMD. If that is not set, the remote
command defaults to "svnserve".
Enjoy,
                                                      Stefan

[[[
subversion/libsvn_ra_svn/client.c use SVN_REMCMD to override hardcoded
"svnserve"

To circumvent problems with the hardcoded invocation of "svnserve" on
the remote end of tunnels, look for environment variable SVN_REMCMD.
Fall back to "svnserve" if that is not set.
This helps when e.g. the svnserve command is not in the remote systems
default search path, and ssh key trickery as descibed in the Subversion
manual is not applicable.
]]]

--- subversion-1.4.0/subversion/libsvn_ra_svn/client.c-orig
+++ subversion-1.4.0/subversion/libsvn_ra_svn/client.c
@@ -451,6 +451,10 @@
    apr_size_t len;
    apr_status_t status;
    int n;
+ char *remcmd;
+
+ remcmd = getenv("SVN_REMCMD");
+ if (NULL == remcmd) remcmd = "svnserve";

    /* Look up the tunnel specification in config. */
    cfg = config ? apr_hash_get(config, SVN_CONFIG_CATEGORY_CONFIG,
@@ -499,7 +503,7 @@
    *argv = apr_palloc(pool, (n + 4) * sizeof(char *));
    memcpy(*argv, cmd_argv, n * sizeof(char *));
    (*argv)[n++] = svn_path_uri_decode(hostinfo, pool);
- (*argv)[n++] = "svnserve";
+ (*argv)[n++] = remcmd;
    (*argv)[n++] = "-t";
    (*argv)[n] = NULL;

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