Re: linux + subversion

Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> Tremal Naik wrote:
> >I installed subversion on a debian system using aptitude with DAV. The
> >version was the 1.1.4, so i decided to upgrade to the 1.3 in the
> >testing distribution.

Subversion is also available from the www.backports.org server. I
would generally recommend it on Debian stable instead of testing.

> > Now It looks that the correct version is
> > installed ('aptitude show subversion' tells it's the 1.3.2-5+b1), but
> > when I navigate the subversion tree with mozilla I see the writing
> > "Powered by Subversion version 1.1.4" in the page.

There is a client version and there is a server version. They can be
different and for the most part subversion will interoperate within
reason.

> Sounds like you probably have most parts of Subversion 1.3.2
> installed, but still have mod_dav_svn from 1.1.4.

I agree.

> Find where your Subversion 1.3.2 install put its mod_dav_svn, and
> perhaps move it to where the 1.1.4 mod_dav_svn still resides, and
> restart Apache.

On Debian there is no need to get your hands dirty with moving files
themselves. :-) Better to simply upgrade the package.

> Or, indeed, if you have not yet restarted Apache since upgrading to
> Subversion 1.3.2, just do that first, because that's definitely
> necessary.

The Debian package name is libapache2-svn. Upgrade it and then
force-reload on apache. I recommend the www.backports.org version for
Debian.

Read http://www.backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions, skip
instruction number 3 because it is not needed, and say:

  sudo apt-get install -t sarge-backports subversion libapache2-svn

  sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload

That should do it.

Bob

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Received on Fri Oct 20 08:40:55 2006