Re: subversion-perl missing

From: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Date: Sep 26, 2011, 13:03 UTC
Message-ID: <4E807829.7050609@drmicha.warpmail.net>
In-Reply-To: <4E8066AB.7000208@gjlay.de>

Georg-Johann Lay venit, vidit, dixit 26.09.2011 13:48:

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> Hi, I just downloaded git and built from source, version is
> 
> git version 1.7.6.4
> 
> I am particularly interested in git-svn, but running it I get complaints
> 
> Initialized empty Git repository in /local/Downloads/v4.5.x/.git/
> Can't locate SVN/Core.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
> /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0/i586-linux-thread-multi
> /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.10.0/i586-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.10.0
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0/i586-linux-thread-multi
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0
> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.0/i586-linux-thread-multi
> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.0 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at
> /usr/local/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 42
> 
> I found out that a module like subversion-perl is missing, but installing it
> via OpenSuse 1.11 would downgrade my SVN installation, so I skipped that.

So, where did you get your svn from? If you compiled it yourself, you should rebuild it with the perl bindings. Make sure you note where you install this to - you may have to adjust your PERL5LIB.

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> Thus, being no admin and no perl guy, I am stuck now and am asking here for
> some kind help, being very well aware that it's not a git issue but just about
> getting some prerequisite for git.
> 
> Where do I have to go to get the svn+perl stuff? Couldn't locate anything like
> that in subversion.tigris.org, so that I am stuck and need some hints on how to
> proceed.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Johann