how to build a subversion service?

Question

I want to build a workspace with subversion, and I followed some tutorials;

1. Install subversion --OK
2. svnadmin create /var/svn/repos --OK
3. rebuild the conf file (delete "#" in passwd,authz,svnserve.conf).
4. sartup the server ( svnserve -d -r /var/svn/repos ) --have no return
5. import something ( svn import /var/svn/import /var/svn/repos ) --also no return
6. test the service ( svn info svn://localhost/var/home/repos )

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svn: warning: W160013: URL 'svn://localhost/var/svn/repos' non-existent in revision 1 svn: E200009: Could not list all targets because some targets don't exist

Which step is wrong? Did I miss something important?

Answer 1

The path is wrong in step 6. svnserve interprets paths as local paths within the repository it is serving. Try this:

svn info svn://localhost/