Http access to SVN, anyone?

[Timothy Murphy]

Arthur Pemberton wrote:

>> I have access to my SVN repository from a remote client
>> using svnserve, but not through http .
>>
>> I guess the problem probably lies in httpd.conf ,
>> but I haven't come across a document that says
>> exactly what changes one has to make for svn .
>> (I do have mod_dav_svn installed.)
>>
>> Any enlightenment or pointers gratefully received.

> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/

This is a bit like saying the answer is in the Bible.

I actually have the online book on my computer,
and have followed the rather meagre instructions on this point,
but get the errors above.

I can checkout a project with svnserve:
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[tim at elizabeth tmp]$ svn checkout
svn://www.gayleard.com/var/www/svn/Maths/Penrose Penrose
A    Penrose/trunk
A    Penrose/trunk/penrose.ins
A    Penrose/trunk/penrose.dtx
A    Penrose/trunk/README
A    Penrose/brances
A    Penrose/tags
Checked out revision 1.
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But I cannot checkout with http:
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[tim at elizabeth tmp]$ rm -rf Penrose
[tim at elizabeth tmp]$ svn checkout
http://www.gayleard.com/var/www/svn/Maths/Penrose Penrose
svn: PROPFIND request failed on '/var/www/svn/Maths/Penrose'
svn: PROPFIND of '/var/www/svn/Maths/Penrose': 405 Method Not Allowed
(http://www.gayleard.com)
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It isn't even allowed on the same computer:
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[tim at alfred tmp]$ svn checkout http://localhost/var/www/svn/Maths/Penrose
Penrose
svn: PROPFIND request failed on '/var/www/svn/Maths/Penrose'
svn: PROPFIND of '/var/www/svn/Maths/Penrose': 405 Method Not Allowed
(http://localhost)
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