Feature request(s) about svnserve?

Hi,

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   Request(s)
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* Allow configuration of umask and -r option for svnserve globally for
all users on a server. E.g. in an optional configuration file under /etc

* document environment variable SVN_SSH_SVNSERVE in svnbook and 'man
svnserve' (See thread "Using svn+ssh")

* At least SVN_SSH_SVNSERVE could be put in /etc/profile. But it still
doesn't allow configuration of the umask. If environment variables are
the way to go, then I request a -u, --umask option to svnserve that
allows me to put the umask into SVN_SSH_SVNSERVE

I just want to use svn+ssh sanely without hacking files in /usr/bin or
requiring pr. user settings (e.g. umask).

I see an issue "svnserve configuration"
http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1143
But it explicitly mentions daemon mode and questions tunnel mode (I use
tunnel mode only), and the umask issue is not mentioned.

Which feature request(s) should I file / modify?

Unless I hear otherwise, I'll append most of this to 1143 and then file
separate ones for the "-u, --umask option to svnserve" and documation
request for SVN_SSH_SVNSERVE. OK?

Peter

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   Background
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In the svnbook, I see this example:
"svn list svn+ssh://host.example.com/repos/project"

How has host.example.com been configured to allow this?

To do this, svnserve must have an -r option. Also, in "The svn+ssh://
server checklist" in the svnbook, it is simply said that:

"Make sure that svnserve (/usr/local/bin/svnserve, or wherever it lives
in $PATH) is actually a wrapper script which sets umask 002 and executes
the real svnserve binary."

So, I've renamed svnserve to svnserve.real and then created a new svnserve:

#!/bin/bash
# Change this to reflect where your repository really is
repos=/home/svnrepos
umask 002
/usr/bin/svnserve.real -r $repos "$@"

It is nasty to have to rename a file from a standard package and create
another file with the same name. But is there any other way to do this?
Hence my request for a configuration file or some other way to configure
this globally.

SVN_SSH_SVNSERVE:

In the "Using svn+ssh" thread, this came up. It isn't in the svnbook or
in man svnserve 1.0.6...

export SVN_SSH_SVNSERVE="svnserve -r /var/scm"

-- 
Peter Valdemar Mørch
http://www.morch.com
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