Question about the devel/subversion port

[Glen Barber]

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Doug Poland <doug at polands.org> wrote:
>
> 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?
>

According to the Makefile:

.if defined(WITH_STATIC)
	@${ECHO_MSG} "Static binaries will be built."

So, no. Not one binary, but (if I am understanding the Makefile
correctly) statically linked libraries.

-- 
Glen Barber