diff -r 9409fe04bb7c -r 491d62ac2017 configure
--- a/configure	Thu Jul 14 17:59:33 2011 +0200
+++ b/configure	Mon Aug 01 22:46:57 2011 +0200
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@
 has_or_warn  prog=cvs                                                   \
              kconfig=has_cvs                                            \
              err="it will not be possible to use newlib cvs snapshots"
-has_or_abort prog=svn                               \
+has_or_warn  prog=svn                               \
              kconfig=has_svn                        \
              err="subversion is required to download eglibc"