mod_dav_svn linked to the SVN binaries?

Question

Apologies in advance for the possibily-incorrect terminology and probably-naïve question!

Is the Apache module mod_dav_svn linked to the SVN binaries in one way or another?

I am doing the initial research for an upgrade to our current 1.4.x SVN installation, and I am wondering whether compiling the latest 1.6.x version means we also need to compile a new version of mod_dav_svn, or does the mod_dav_svn just act as a proxy and invoke the svn binaries itself, meaning that we could swap in the new version without needing to do anything to the Apache configuration.

Answer 1

What operating system? Looks like mod_dav_svn depends on subversion so I think you would have to recompile all the packages:

vince@f12 ~ > yum deplist mod_dav_svn Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit Dropbox | 951 B 00:00 google-chrome | 951 B 00:00 google-chrome/primary | 1.4 kB 00:00 google-chrome 3/3 updates/metalink | 2.8 kB 00:00 Finding dependencies: package: mod_dav_svn.x86_64 1.6.13-1.fc12.1 dependency: libsvn_repos-1.so.0()(64bit) provider: subversion.x86_64 1.6.5-2.fc12 provider: subversion-libs.x86_64 1.6.13-1.fc12.1 dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4)(64bit) provider: glibc.x86_64 2.11-2 provider: glibc.x86_64 2.11.2-3 dependency: libc.so.6()(64bit) provider: glibc.x86_64 2.11-2 provider: glibc.x86_64 2.11.2-3 dependency: subversion = 1.6.13-1.fc12.1 provider: subversion.x86_64 1.6.13-1.fc12.1 dependency: libz.so.1()(64bit) provider: zlib.x86_64 1.2.3-23.fc12 ... 

You could also download subversion from a company that already has it compiled.