RE: Python SVN Bindings on Windows Server 2008 x64

From: Brian Ellis [mailto:bellis_at_ticketbiscuit.com]
Sent: Thursday, 17 February, 2011 1:28 AM
To: Cooke, Mark
Cc: Joel Low; users_at_subversion.apache.org
Subject: Re: Python SVN Bindings on Windows Server 2008 x64

Joel, as far as I know I have it set up correctly. I have added
VisualSvn\bin to my Windows Path environment variable and I can execute svn
from anywhere on the command line with no problems.

[JL] Hey Brian,
As I've mentioned, the usual gotcha is that hook scripts run without
environment variables, even PATH is set empty. An explicit path needs to be
set.

Mark, I tried the trick with renaming the .pyd -> .dll files and had no luck
with it. I did not restart the server though. I can try again and reboot
the server later today.
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On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 3:55 AM, Cooke, Mark <mark.cooke_at_siemens.com> wrote:

> From: Brian Ellis [mailto:bellis_at_ticketbiscuit.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 16 February, 2011 3:40 AM
> To: users_at_subversion.apache.org
> Subject: Python SVN Bindings on Windows Server 2008 x64
>
> Hi, sorry if this has been covered before but I'm new to
> Subversion admin and can't really find a clear answer. My
> goal is to use the python scripts in subversion\tools,
> specifically validate-extensions.py in this case. I am
> running VisualSVN Server 2.15, built on Subversion 1.6.15 and
> have 32-bit Python 2.7.1 set up on the machine at the moment.
>
> When I set up the hook, I got an error that the svn module
> could not be found. I installed the latest libsvn bindings I
> could find
> (http://trac.edgewall.org/attachment/wiki/TracSubversion/svn-w
<http://trac.edgewall.org/attachment/wiki/TracSubversion/svn-w%0Ain32-1.6.15
_py_2.7.zip>
in32-1.6.15_py_2.7.zip from
http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracSubversion) > but I still can't load
the svn module. If I run 'from svn
> import repos' from the command line, I get:
>
> File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\libsvn\core.py", line 21,
> in swig_import_helper
> _mod = imp.load_module('_core', fp, pathname, description)
> ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified procedure could
> not be found.
>
>
> Am I missing something? I also tried the Python27 64-bit
> release but precompiled svn bindings don't appear to be
> available for it and I would prefer not to go through
> everything required to build them myself.
>
> Thank you in advance for your help.
>
> Brian Ellis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Low [mailto:joel_at_joelsplace.sg]
> Sent: 16 February 2011 00:11
> To: Brian Ellis
> Cc: users_at_subversion.apache.org
> Subject: RE: Python SVN Bindings on Windows Server 2008 x64
>
> [JL] Hi Brian, you can try to check if the SVN DLLs are
> accessible from your 32-bit Python (so 32-bit SVN DLLs,
> Program Files (x86) folder, etc), perhaps by ensuring that
> the Subversion bin directory is in PATH. Remember that hook
> scripts are run without environment variables defined so you
> may have to redefine PATH in your hook script.
>
Hi Brian,

Here are some notes I made for myself about upgrading the bindings when
I upgrade Trac:

~ deleted the old svn and libsvn directories from
C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages

~ opened the python bindings .zip and copied the two directories
 to site-packages

~ copied all libsvn\_*.dll files to _*.pyd [1]

~ restarted the server and crossed fingers...

[1] I found this recommended in the t.e.o wiki at TracSubversion...
   http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracSubversion#forPython2.6

...in particular have you copied/renamed the .dll files? Hope this
helps...

~ Mark C