Description of problem: svn-config is generated at config time, and ends up containing the following lines: LIBS="$(abs_builddir)/neon/src/libneon.la -lz -lxml2 -lz -lm -L/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/subversion-r4503/apr-util -laprutil-0 -lgdbm -ldb-4.0 -lexpat -L/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/subversion-r4503/apr -lapr-0 -lm -lcrypt -lnsl -ldl -ldb " INCLUDES="-I$(abs_srcdir)/neon/src -I/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/subversion-r4503/apr/include -I/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/subversion-r4503/apr-util/include " The $(abs_builddir) and $(abs_srcdir) lines don't work outside of the build envirnoment, and as such other programs cannot use svn-config to get all the libs they need.
Thanks for the report. I don't think svn-config is actually finished yet, so it might be wise not to package it. Are any applications actually using this script?