Subversion uses OpenSSL to connect via the https protocol, however when i emerge with ssl support it still doesn't give that option Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. USE=ssl emerge subversion 2. svn --version or svn co https://address/repos Actual Results: The following repository access (RA) modules are available: * ra_dav : Module for accessing a repository via WebDAV (DeltaV) protocol. - handles 'http' schema * ra_local : Module for accessing a repository on local disk. - handles 'file' schema * ra_svn : Module for accessing a repository using the svn network protocol. - handles 'svn' schema Expected Results: * ra_dav : Module for accessing a repository via WebDAV (DeltaV) protocol. - handles 'http' schema - handles 'https' schema * ra_local : Module for accessing a repository on local disk. - handles 'file' schema * ra_svn : Module for accessing a repository using the svn network protocol. - handles 'svn' schema I have OpenSSL installed, when i compile subversion manually with --with-ssl it works. I don't USE ssl by default, only place it in explicitly for the products I need it for with USE=ssl emerge ... I originally had it installed without ssl support, then re-installed it with, I don't know if this makes a difference. Portage 2.0.50-r1 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3_pre20040207-r0, 2.6.2) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.2 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.13 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -funroll-loops -fforce-addr -funroll-loops -frerun-cse-after-loop -frerun-loop-opt -falign-functions=4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -funroll-loops -fforce-addr -funroll-loops -frerun-cse-after-loop -frerun-loop-opt -falign-functions=4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="rsync://planetmirror.com/gentoo ftp://planetmirror.com/pub/gentoo ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/Gentoo http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.au.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X aalib alsa apache2 apm avi berkdb bonobo cdr crypt cups dvd encode esd foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imlib java jpeg ldap libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mozilla mpeg ncurses oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline samba sdl slang spell svga tcltk tcpd tetex threads tiff truetype usb x86 xinerama xml2 xmms xv zlib"
You need to compile in support for ssl in neon. As there is a neon version included in the subversion tarball your manual compile probably takes that and enables ssl support for it.