build subversion 1.6.9 on redhat 5.4 / cenos 5.4

you can acctually build it from source without modifing existing packages.
get

subversion-1.6.9.tar.gz
sqlite-amalgamation-3_6_22.zip
neon-0.29.3.tar.gz

1) unpack subversion
2) cd subversion-1.6.9
3) unpack sqlite-amalgamation and neon to here.
4) rename sqlite-ZZZ to sqlite-amalgamation
5) rename neon-ZZZ to neon
6) ./configure --prefix=/opt/svn/ && make && make install

no need to install newer neon / sqlite rpm-s etc..