[MacPorts] #54646: subversion @1.9.7 does not build on Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6.8, because "Berkeley DB 4.0.14 or 5.x wasn't found"

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#54646: subversion @1.9.7 does not build on Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6.8, because
"Berkeley DB 4.0.14 or 5.x wasn't found"
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  Reporter:  ballapete   |      Owner:
      Type:  defect      |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal      |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports       |    Version:  2.4.1
Resolution:              |   Keywords:  snowleopard
      Port:  subversion  |
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Comment (by danielluke):

 Replying to [comment:4 ballapete]:
 > Replying to [comment:2 danielluke]:
 > > There are darwin 9-16 subversion versions up at
 http://packages.macports.org/subversion/ - so there is something unique to
 your setup that is causing the issue (which may or may not be something we
 can fix in the port).
 >
 > Two versions of Berkeley DB installed and the system to make *only one*
 of them available to MacPorts does not work.

 that's not what port select does.

 > > port select isn't needed to build subversion, so we don' t h ave to
 worry about that part.
 >
 > Right! It's only needed for a proper setup.

 Nope.

 The subversion port tells subversion's configure script to look for bdb
 include files in ${prefix}/include/db46 and library files in
 ${prefix}/lib/db46 - so the db46 port needs to be installed but not
 'selected'.

 I have db48 and db46 installed on my machine (for example) and it builds
 fine.

 > > First I would check to make sure you don't have a bdb installed in
 /usr/local
 >
 > There is none. I never needed it for any UNIX tool.

 ok, have you tried building with trace mode on?

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