pysvn bug - incorrect libsvn1 for current python-svn package

[andresriancho]

Guys,

In the latest versions of w3af we've added a new dependency, "python-svn". We've tested this in Ubuntu 8 and 10 and it works, but in BT we get the following:

>>> import pysvn
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pysvn/__init__.py", line 116, in <module>
    raise ImportError, 'pysvn was built against newer (svn, apr, etc.) libraries then the ones installed on this system. %s' % str(e)
ImportError: pysvn was built against newer (svn, apr, etc.) libraries then the ones installed on this system. /usr/lib/libsvn_subr-1.so.1: undefined symbol: apr_memcache_add_server

This message appears after running "sudo apt-get install python-svn" and trying to use the recently installed library. My understanding is that the "libsvn1" package that's bundled with BT is incompatible with python-svn.

I'm trying to find an easy solution for w3af users to use while we identify the definitive solution; but I don't really have much time. I'll let you know what I can find.

Regards,

Andrés Riancho
w3af Project leader

[Archangel-Amael]

EDIT: Issue has been resolved.

[andresriancho]

How can I test the fix? I just run:

apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get remove python-svn
apt-get install python-svn
./w3af_console

And I still get the same error.

[Archangel-Amael]

We will be flushing the repositories today. Then you can grab the latest, packages.
Thanks.

[andresriancho]

I've tried again but I still get the same error. What steps should we follow to get the latest packages?

[ethicalhack3r]

Still not working here. Any updates?

Thanks.

The problem was that I did not have the devel repos enabled.

Works now!

vim /etc/apt/sources.list

un-comment deb http://archive.offensive-security.com/repotest/ ./ # BackTrack Devel Repository

apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade

Thanks to @sickness416 on twitter for helping debug.

[ethicalhack3r]

Hi,

I am getting the following w3af error:
"It looks like your pysvn installation is broken [...]"

Here are the steps I took after you posted about the fix:

$apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
$apt-get -f install
$apt-get install subversion
$cd /root/w3af
$svn update

Thank you,
Ryan