Building Subversion and Apache Trunks

Posted by hardwarehank, Wed Jun 14 02:32:33 UTC 2006

I was trying to move the subversion server today, and found some good tips, but I had some problems today building subversion, so I decided I better write the process down. While I’m at it, I better detail the steps to install apache as well.

Apache

Get the trunk, and go to the source library directory:


svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.0.x httpd-2.0
cd httpd-2.0/srclib

Now, check APR out of svn:


svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr/branches/0.9.x apr
svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr-util/branches/0.9.x apr-util
cd ..

Build with some awesome options:


./buildconf
./configure --enable-so --enable-dav --enable-rewrite --enable-ssl --enable-proxy --enable-proxy-http --enable-proxy-connect --enable-proxy-ftp
make
sudo make install

Make sure to edit the httpd.conf file’s ServerName and, if necessary, User and Group. Also, make a conf.d and include it in your config file:


Include conf.d/*.conf

Then, make a sweet config file for subversion (conf.d/svn.conf):


<Location /repos>
  DAV svn
  SVNParentPath   /path/to/repos

  AuthType Basic
  AuthName "GINA Beta Subversion Repository"
  AuthUserFile /path/to/repos/svn-auth-file
  AuthGroupFile /path/to/repos/svn-group-file

  # read-only access to repos
  # only authenticated users may modify repos
  <LimitExcept GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT>
    Require group devel
  </LimitExcept>
  <Limit GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT>
    require valid-user
  </Limit>
</Location>

Subversion

Now, just get it:


svn co http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk subversion
cd subversion

Now, get APR again:


svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr/branches/0.9.x apr
svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr-util/branches/0.9.x apr-util

Configure it (buildconf first), build it, install it, then do SWiG Ruby stuff:


./buildconf
./configure --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs
make
sudo make install
make swig-rb
make check-swig-rb # This might have some bdb failures.  Who cares?
sudo make install-swig-rb

Now, it should be up and running. Next time, Collaboa.

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