Re: Missing dependency in 1.5.1 source tar?

On Aug 21, 2008, at 9:19 PM, Ed Hillmann wrote:

> Hi all. I've just started looking into upgrading our Solaris
> machine's installation of Subversion from 1.4.6 to 1.5.1. We've used
> svn on this machine for a long time now, and i've always been able to
> ....
>
> untar svn source
> untar svn dependencies
> configure
> make
>
> etc etc. I've been able to do this in the past.
>
> I've just started running the configure for 1.5.1, and I get the
> following message:
>
> configure: error: We require OpenSSL; try --with-openssl
> configure failed for serf
>
>
> OK, so 1.5.1 uses OpenSSL. I'll try to go see if we have it on this
> box, and if not build it separately (and pass it's location to
> configure via the --with-openssl parameter as suggested).
>
> My main question is: should this have been included as part of the
> subversion-deps-1.5.1.tar.gz file? I always assumed that its purpose
> was to provide all the required packages so you didn't have to sort
> out them externally to the process. If it doesn't belong in there,
> OK. It's just a shame, as the process for building the previous
> releases was pretty easy.

Openssl is really considered a core part of any decent Unix
distribution. Your system probably has it in some form, you just need
to find it or install the appropriate packages.

Regards,
Blair

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