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20Dec/080

Subversion via Apache

http://svn.spears.at/ is a straightforward guide to installing multiple subversion repositories and serving them via Apache.

I ran into one problem during installation - I downloaded a zip file containing subversion from tigris.org, and unzipped it into my Program Files\Subversion directory. The Apache service would not start. Since I was not using the installer I also had to add Program Files\Subversion\bin to my PATH.

The error in the event log appeared as:

 

Event Type: Error

Event Source: Apache Service

Event Category: None

Event ID: 3299

Date: 12/20/2008

Time: 5:19:33 PM

User: N/A

Computer: ********

Description:

The Apache service named  reported the following error:

>>> httpd.exe: Syntax error on line 127 of C:/.../Apache2.2/conf/httpd.conf: Cannot load C:/.../Apache2.2/modules/mod_dav_svn.so into server: The specified module could not be found

This was despite it existing in the Apache2.2/modules directory.