pkg/51290: subversion serf may be broken

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>Number:         51290
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       subversion serf may be broken
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    pkg-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jun 28 12:20:00 +0000 2016
>Originator:     coypu
>Release:        NetBSD 7.99.31, pkgsrc-2016Q2 (current)
>Organization:
>Environment:
NetBSD net.Home 7.99.31 NetBSD 7.99.31 (GENERIC) #6: Tue Jun 21 10:53:43 IDT 2016  fly%net.Home@localhost:/usr/obj/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC amd64
>Description:
$ svn checkout https://svn.FreeBSD.org/ports/head ~/asd2
svn: E170013: Unable to connect to a repository at URL 'https://svn.freebsd.org/ports/head'
svn: E000065: Error running context: No route to host


$ svn checkout svn://svn.FreeBSD.org/ports/head ~/asd2
A    /home/fly/asd2/security
A    /home/fly/asd2/security/stunnel
A    /home/fly/asd2/security/stunnel/Makefile
A    /home/fly/asd2/security/stunnel/distinfo
...

I am told this is supported by enabling the SERF option, but it is enabled, and config.log shows it as detected:

[0:subversion-base/work/subversion-1.9.4> ]$ grep SERF config.log 
| #define SVN_HAVE_SERF 1
| #define SVN_HAVE_SERF 1
| #define SVN_HAVE_SERF 1
| #define SVN_HAVE_SERF 1
| #define SVN_HAVE_SERF 1
| #define SVN_HAVE_SERF 1
| #define SVN_HAVE_SERF 1
CUSERFLAGS='-O2 -I/usr/pkg/include -I/usr/pkg/include/apr-1 -I/usr/include'
CXXUSERFLAGS='-O2 -I/usr/pkg/include -I/usr/pkg/include/apr-1 -I/usr/include'
SVN_RA_LIB_DEPS='$(RA_LOCAL_DEPS) $(RA_SVN_DEPS) $(RA_SERF_DEPS)'
SVN_RA_LIB_LINK='$(RA_LOCAL_LINK) $(RA_SVN_LINK) $(RA_SERF_LINK)'
SVN_SERF_INCLUDES='-I/usr/pkg/include/serf-1  '
SVN_SERF_LIBS='-lserf-1  '
#define SVN_HAVE_SERF 1
#define SVN_LIBSVN_CLIENT_LINKS_RA_SERF 1


Perhaps the problem is SERF-1 instead of SERF-2 (which is not detected but config.log looks for it)? no idea.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix: