Concerning Re: svn folder name killing Apache
kfogel@collab.net wrote on 21 Jan 2005, 12:14, at least in part:
> "Jan Hendrik" <jan.hendrik@bigfoot.com> writes:
> > Talking with someone about the reasons to abolish SVN here he
> > said how at some point it started that SVN would crash Apache
> > when SVN was installed in a folder named "svn". Renaming it to
> > "subversion" would let start Apache again. Incidentally we had the
> > stuff in "svn" folders, too, a curiosity test here with SVN 113,
> > however, revealed no change here. I think that guy mentioned
> > Apache 2.0.50 or 51, here we run 52.
>
> If you could get us some details on this, we'd like to know more.
>
> I can't think of any reason why having Subversion installed in a
> folder named "svn" would be a problem, but I'm not sure precisely what
> is meant by "installed in a folder named 'svn'".
>
> In short, tell us more...
Karl,
easier said than done, especially as I could not confirm it
personally but can only rely on hearsay. I'll try to be more precise:
SVN installed in F:\PRG\TOOLS\SVN\;
%path% includes F:\PRG\TOOLS\SVN\BIN;
LoadModule directive in httpd.conf points to
f:/prg/tools/svn/httpd/mod_dav_svn.so (dunno if the guy had it this
way, but that's what I had since long. However, following the book I
copied the modules and intel.dll and libdb42.dll over to the
Apache/modules folder and changed the directive appropriately to
no avail, too);
same for mod_authz_svn.so;
Apache 2.0.54 (I think that guy mentioned 50 or 51);
SVN 1.1.3 (he noticed the weird folder effect with an earlier version);
Win2K SP2;
If now Apache is started it won't according to his saying. But when
he renamed the installation path of SVN and all references to
F:\PRG\TOOLS\SUBVERSION Apache would start w/o problem.
On my machine this renaming had no effect though - Apache never
starts if one of those SVN directives is uncommented, no matter
what the folder name of SVN is. That's how it has been since I
tried to upgrade from 1.0.6 to 1.0.8 and still is so with 1.1.3-2. I
use the ZIP file as the installer has wrecked Apache twice before
and will not be used again (sorry, Jostein). This Apache not
starting contributed about 50% to our decision to stop using SVN.
As client 1.1.3 can at least checkout from the former live repository
(1.0.6) though the output is weird with ASCII 127+ characters
showing as numbers (\xxx\yyy). Even though we have abandoned
SVN I don't dare to touch the setup of the repository machine as
long as we don't have a proven alternative solution working.
Maybe that intl.dll is dependent on the processor? All machines
here have Pentium processors, but only the server a P4. Mine,
e.g., is a plain first generation Pentium 200 MMX; doing mostly
text stuff we don't notice any relevant speed gains with the P4.
Well, Karl, I told you more, but does it have more facts? It's a pity
that it is basically hearsay I could not confirm, but it was a chance
meeting on the train, so I don't know him or if he is on this list. If
he is then it would be nice if he steps forward ...
Jan Hendrik
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Received on Sat Jan 22 22:35:01 2005