diff --git a/app-backup/svnbackup/Manifest b/app-backup/svnbackup/Manifest
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+AUX svnbackup.pod 1677 RMD160 f6bcc4b07f6f885a430c9054600e5d699211fd0b SHA1 360310b691ee540ce4158b6bd83a6cee519b2f41 SHA256 f975e83365a37bf7f407f4bc0bb9766a246b888897450dc632605bced0075eae
+DIST svnbackup-1.6.tar.gz 2312 RMD160 23a83fba7aabb94f80f4dc0e860e0d1709858c39 SHA1 610e5b67a09b43caaa8d3fa158a4facae9c97ca7 SHA256 f2e9afcae6a8d47d108894adedb8d4ed972e69a4751235352d9b695c2454223d
+EBUILD svnbackup-1.6.ebuild 656 RMD160 7dc80873f2399fe6a76578da5674201af732d176 SHA1 1d4b156e40146e65fb7b074602972b12020e6645 SHA256 4c6c17763d5338eeac4090848c5735792c94efa4a7ab5226c91db71b9bdb086e
diff --git a/app-backup/svnbackup/files/svnbackup.pod b/app-backup/svnbackup/files/svnbackup.pod
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+=head1 NAME
+
+svnbackup - Backup script for subversion repositories
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+B<svnbackup.sh> [I<options>] svn_repository_path
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This script dumps a subversion repository to a series of compressed
+files.  It uses a local file to remember the last changeset dumped so
+the script can be used to generate files for backups.
+
+Using the --scp option, the backup files can be generated on one
+machine and copied to a backup server once dumped.
+
+=head2 OPTIONS
+
+=over 5
+
+=item B<-v >
+
+set verbose mode on
+
+=item B<-i increment>
+
+How many revisions to include in each dump file.
+
+=item B<-s start_rev>
+
+First revision to dump.
+
+=item B<--scp remote>
+
+Location for remote backups.  Files are transfered via scp,
+then removed from the local directory.
+
+=item B<--identity ssh-key>
+
+Identity file (private key) for scp transfer.
+
+=item B<--ssh-ops options>
+
+options to use for scp
+
+=item B<--history-file>
+
+Path and filename of history file to use. If you have more than one repository to
+backup you should have an own history file for each repository. Svnbackups stores
+the last revision dumped in this file.
+
+=item B<--out-dir directory name>
+
+Path where svn dump files should be written, defaults to "."
+
+=back
+
+=head1 EXAMPLES
+
+svnbackup.sh -v -i 100 --scp user@backupserver:/backups/svn /svn/Project
+
+=head1 ENVIRONMENT
+
+svnbackup uses no environment variables.
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Doug Hellman <doug.hellmann@gmail.com>
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+svnadmin   The subversion admin command for applying dumps
+
+=head1 BUGS
+
+None known.
+
+=head1 LATEST VERSION
+
+You can obtain the latest version from the author's homepage at
+http://www.doughellmann.com/projects/svnbackup/
+
diff --git a/app-backup/svnbackup/svnbackup-1.6.ebuild b/app-backup/svnbackup/svnbackup-1.6.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2008 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Header: $
+
+DESCRIPTION="Subversion backup utilities"
+SRC_URI="http://svnautobackup.googlecode.com/files/${P}.tar.gz"
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.doughellmann.com/projects/svnbackup/"
+
+SLOT="0"
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+KEYWORDS="~x86 -ppc -sparc -alpha"
+IUSE=""
+DEPEND="dev-lang/perl"
+
+src_compile() {
+	mkdir man
+	pod2man --section=1 ${FILESDIR}/svnbackup.pod > man/svnbackup.1 || die "generation manpage for svnbackup.1 failed"
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	newbin svnbackup.sh svnbackup
+	dosed "s:last_saved:/var/tmp/svnbackup_history:" /usr/bin/svnbackup
+	doman man/*
+}