Les Mikesell <lesmikesell_at_gmail.com> wrote on 01/02/2008 10:44:54 AM:
> Erik Huelsmann wrote:
> >>
> >> It is the same OS - one binary file achieves everything. Now in SVN
the
> >> installation path seems hardwired into the program such that I cannot
just
> >> drop and expect a binary to run as a client. All it needs to do is
just
> >> connect to SVN with the user name and password and check out code.
> >
> > Which clearly explains there are basic OS understanding issues going
> > on here. It's not Subversion which requires this behaviour.
> > Subversion, in contrast to CVS is -however - built up from a number of
> > libraries. This is a concious design decision to allow easier creation
> > of other Subversion clients than the standard command line interface.
> > Something that is non-trivial with CVS.
>
> It still would normally be possible to build a static-linked binary if
> you wanted one, though. But I think I recall seeing something about
> this being a problem on Solaris because some of the gcc libs aren't
> built for static linkage. Regardless, you should be able to put the
> needed libs somewhere where you have write permission and set
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH appropriately to find them.
Static binaries for Solaris are not impossible to build, just need some
non standard configuration changes.
Some pre-built ones are available at:
http://www.uncc.org/svntools/clients/
NOTE: I didn't create these, just found them awhile ago...
Kevin R.
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