diff -r e9e8cafaf412 -r 158702c9f65a configure
--- a/configure	Mon Jul 04 22:53:49 2011 +0200
+++ b/configure	Tue Jul 05 00:54:06 2011 +0200
@@ -459,6 +459,9 @@
 has_or_warn  prog=cvs                                                   \
              kconfig=has_cvs                                            \
              err="it will not be possible to use newlib cvs snapshots"
+has_or_abort prog=svn                               \
+             kconfig=has_svn                        \
+             err="subversion is required to download eglibc"
 
 # Host system checks