I wanted to use a more recent version of python wrapper for subversion. I though it would be easy. Boy was I wrong: compiling subversion is a pain. I want to use subversion 1.4.6, which depends on the following softwares:
- apache with mod_dav support
- neon (0.25.5 version, nothing else !)
- openssl
Compiling OpenSSL is not too difficult once I solved the TLS problem with libz. Compiling apache was not too difficult, but you need to install it with the following options:
./configure --enable-mods-shared="most ssl dav" --prefix=/export/bbc8/local/
Compiling neon was not difficult either. For subversion:
./configure --prefix=/export/bbc8/local/stow/subversion-1.4.6 --with-apxs=/export/bbc8/local/bin/apxs
(of course, change the install paths instead of /export/bbc8/local as desired)
