Question about the devel/subversion port

Doug Poland doug at polands.org
Thu May 28 14:59:18 UTC 2009


On Thu, May 28, 2009 09:20, Glen Barber wrote:
> 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?
>>
>> 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).
>
Thanks for the explanation.  What is the purpose of building a static
binary?  Are all the bits (neon, apr, svn) rolled into one binary?


-- 
Regards,
Doug



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