Re: Berkley DB compiled with source or not?

On Dec 6, 2006, at 23:17, Jon Koerber wrote:

> I compiled subversion 1.4.2 with the Berkley DB on my server (where
> svnserve will be running). Should I also compile each client in
> the same way - in other words do the client and server machines
> need to both be using the same file system?
>
> It was not clear from the documentation if the client local project
> directories even use any special mechanisms for tracking the local
> project except for the hidden .svn directory. It is no problem to
> use BDB, but I wanted to see if it was a necessary install for our
> client machines.
>
> Can anyone advise me on this aspect of the install and which
> filesystem to use in client and in server configurations.

The Berkeley DB library is only used by the Subversion server. You
don't need it if you're just using Subversion as a client, even if
the remote repository is using Berkeley DB.

-- 
To reply to the mailing list, please use your mailer's Reply To All  
function
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@subversion.tigris.org
For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@subversion.tigris.org