On Fri, 17 Nov 2006, Paul Heinlein wrote: > On Fri, 17 Nov 2006, Ronan Lucio wrote: > > > Id like to install subversion system in our server (CentOS-4.4) > > > > up2date has the subversion-1.1.4-2, but subversion is already on > > verson 1.4.2 > > > > Perhaps I loose good features if I install subversion-1.1.x, but I > > prefer to use the version delivered by up2date, of course. > > > > 1) What do you suggest? > > > > If I try to install subversion-1.4.2 from source it asks for apr and > > apr-util version 0.9.7 or above but up2date has apr and apr-util > > version 0.9.4 > > > > 2) If I upgrade it via RPM could I have some compatibilty breaked? > > I haven't gone all the way to 1.4.x, but dag/rpmforge have a nice set > of 1.3.2 packages that I dropped into our environment (including Trac > and Apache-mediated repositories) without any problems whatsoever. It's not that easy to make subversion 1.4 packages for CentOS 4 or lower. You need apr >= 0.9.7. subversion 1.3.2 included a suitable apr and built it as part of the process, however subversion 1.4 does no longer... Kind regards, -- dag wieers, dag at wieers.com, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [all I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power]