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lonaowna

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Registered: 2013-03-25

Posts: 28

[SOLVED] Subversion 1.8.0 breaks Apache Subversion

Hi,
I just updated subversion to 1.8.0 and I noticed that mod_dav_svn.so is missing. This means that I can no longer host an SVN repository through Apache, as described in the wiki. Was this done on purpose or is mod_dav_svn.so missing accidentally?

Edit: added bug report.

Thanks!

Last edited by lonaowna (2013-07-08 11:33:22)

lonaowna

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Registered: 2013-03-25

Posts: 28

Re: [SOLVED] Subversion 1.8.0 breaks Apache Subversion

Oops, the location of the modules changed. They are now located in /usr/libexec. I've updated the wiki.

msthev

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Registered: 2012-04-05

Posts: 177

Re: [SOLVED] Subversion 1.8.0 breaks Apache Subversion

I'd say it should be considered as a bug in packaging, since Arch Packaging Standards[1] say

Avoid using /usr/libexec/ for anything. Use /usr/lib/${pkgname}/ instead.

Subversion is the only package in core / extra that has anything in /usr/libexec [2].

[1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ar … _etiquette
[2]

$ grep -r 'usr/libexec' | cut -d ':' -f 1 | uniq
extra.files/subversion-1.8.0-1/files
community.files/mingw32-gcc-base-4.7.2-1/files
community.files/fbpanel-6.1-3/files