How to get Subversion 1.14.2 or higher on Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS?

[Bo Berglund]

On Mon, 13 Jan 2025 00:06:48 +0000, Colin Watson <cjwatson at ubuntu.com> wrote:

>On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 12:20:35AM +0100, Bo Berglund wrote:
>> I need a version of subversion 1.14.2 or higher because the plaintext password
>> cache is needed on my Ubuntu Server 22.04.5 LTS which is running subversion
>> 1.14.1 now (where the plaintext store is unavailable).
>> 
>> So I would like to know if it is possible to install/upgrade subversion on that
>> machine from the 24.04.1 Ubuntu apt repository?
>
>This is generally not possible directly; it's moderately likely to
>result in weird library conflicts, either straight away or later.
>
>The safe approach to this is to backport the package from 24.04 to 22.04
>in a dedicated repository, or get somebody to do it for you and commit
>to keeping it up to date in response to security updates.  (I can do
>this kind of thing on a paid-consulting basis; contact me off-list if
>you're interested in that.)
>

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I ended up by setting up a new RaspberryPi4B device with the latest PiOS where
the svn version does allow plaintext cache of passwords.

After full configuration I created a disk image of its SDcard and transferred it
to the company LAN where they coluld put that image on another SD-card for a new
RPi4B over there and start it. Worked fine.

So now I have a freshly installed Linux box on the LAN with an svn version that
can do what I need.


-- 
Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden