From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 28 14:59:18 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5378E106564A for ; Thu, 28 May 2009 14:59:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@polands.org) Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com (hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com [71.74.56.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FC5D8FC22 for ; Thu, 28 May 2009 14:59:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@polands.org) Received: from haran.polands.org ([75.87.219.217]) by hrndva-omta01.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20090528145917127.JMCT15535@hrndva-omta01.mail.rr.com>; Thu, 28 May 2009 14:59:17 +0000 Received: from email.polands.org (moab.polands.org [172.16.1.8]) by haran.polands.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n4SExFJQ010187; Thu, 28 May 2009 09:59:16 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from doug@polands.org) Received: from 209.103.197.18 (SquirrelMail authenticated user djp) by email.polands.org with HTTP; Thu, 28 May 2009 09:59:16 -0500 Message-ID: <16e66796113d510083622f74e7e61ab9.squirrel@email.polands.org> In-Reply-To: <4ad871310905280720p26f43b44t5d797a3ae96a6bae@mail.gmail.com> References: <4ad871310905280720p26f43b44t5d797a3ae96a6bae@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 09:59:16 -0500 From: "Doug Poland" To: "Glen Barber" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.19 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about the devel/subversion port X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 14:59:18 -0000 On Thu, May 28, 2009 09:20, Glen Barber wrote: > Hi, Doug > > On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Doug Poland > 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? -- Regards, Doug