Question about the devel/subversion port

[Glen Barber]

Hi, Doug

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Doug Poland <doug at polands.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a question about this port.  If one wants a client only
> install, and one wants to use https as the communication protocol,
> does one choose the "static" config option?
>
> In my case I choose:
>
> WITHOUT_MOD_DAV_SVN=true
> WITH_APACHE2_APR=true
> WITHOUT_MOD_DONTDOTHAT=true
> WITH_NEON=true
> WITHOUT_SERF=true
> WITHOUT_SASL=true
> WITHOUT_BDB=true
> WITHOUT_ASVN=true
> WITHOUT_MAINTAINER_DEBUG=true
> WITHOUT_SVNSERVE_WRAPPER=true
> WITHOUT_STATIC=true
> WITHOUT_BOOK=true
>
> and was surprised to get a full installation of the apache webserver.
> I understand that libapr and libapr-util are required but is a full
> install of apache the only way to get those libraries?
>
>

Subversion is one of those "you either have it or you don't"
situations, meaning that it doesn't differentiate between "server" and
"client."  The 'svnserve' binary will be installed either way.

As far as apr, there is a devel/apr-db42 port available (which, IIRC
negates the need to install a full apache instance).

Either way, if you plan on using https, you will need apache20 at a
minimum (with openssl support).

-- 
Glen Barber