diff --git a/devel/subversion17/Makefile b/devel/subversion17/Makefile
index 92601660e718..735f1240e2af 100644
--- a/devel/subversion17/Makefile
+++ b/devel/subversion17/Makefile
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ post-build:
 post-install:	${MKREPOS_TARGET}
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MTOOLS}
 	@${MAKE} -C ${WRKSRC} install-tools ${MAKE_ARGS}
+	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/*
+	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/svn-tools/*
 .endif
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}
 	@(cd ${WRKSRC}/tools.examples && ${TAR} --exclude '*.in' --exclude '*.bak' -cf - * | ${TAR} -C ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR} -xof - )
@@ -215,6 +217,13 @@ post-install:	${MKREPOS_TARGET}
 	@${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${FILESDIR}/svnserve.wrapper ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/svnserve
 .endif
 
+.if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MMOD_DAV_SVN}
+	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/${APACHEMODDIR}/*.so
+.endif
+
+.if !${PORT_OPTIONS:MSTATIC}
+	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/*.so
+.endif
 # ===============================================================================
 repository:	_mkrepos
 
diff --git a/devel/subversion17/Makefile.common b/devel/subversion17/Makefile.common
index 22911b8fe582..e4736a528865 100644
--- a/devel/subversion17/Makefile.common
+++ b/devel/subversion17/Makefile.common
@@ -2,18 +2,17 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	subversion
-PORTVERSION=	1.7.16
-PORTREVISION?=	2
+PORTVERSION=	1.7.17
+PORTREVISION?=	0
 CATEGORIES+=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_APACHE}
 DIST_SUBDIR=	subversion17
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	17
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	subversion
 
-USE_BZIP2=	yes
-USE_AUTOTOOLS=	libtool
 USE_KDE4=	# Used below if KWallet support is enabled
-USES+=		pkgconfig
+GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
+USES+=		tar:bzip2 pkgconfig libtool
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 
@@ -116,7 +115,6 @@ post-patch:
 .endif
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} "s#^swig_pydir =.*#swig_pydir = ${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/libsvn#" ${WRKSRC}/Makefile.in
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} "s#^swig_pydir_extra =.*#swig_pydir_extra = ${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/svn#" ${WRKSRC}/Makefile.in
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} "s#^LIBTOOL =.*#LIBTOOL = ${LIBTOOL}#" ${WRKSRC}/Makefile.in
 .if defined(SVN_BUILD_BINDINGS)
 	@${CP} ${FILESDIR}/build-outputs.mk ${WRKSRC}
 .endif
@@ -124,10 +122,10 @@ post-patch:
 	@${ECHO_CMD} "#define ORGANIZATION_NAME \"${ORGANIZATION}\"" > ${WRKSRC}/subversion/freebsd-organization.h
 .endif
 # shebangfix
-	${GREP} -Rl -e '#!/bin/b' -e '#!/bin/env' -e '#!/usr/bin/p' ${WRKSRC}/tools/ \
+	@${GREP} -Rl -e '#!/bin/b' -e '#!/bin/env' -e '#!/usr/bin/p' ${WRKSRC}/tools/ \
 		| ${XARGS} ${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '1s|#\!/bin/b|#\!/usr/local/bin/b|' \
 		-e '1s|#\!/bin/env|#\!/usr/bin/env|' \
 		-e '1s|#\!/usr/bin/p|#\!/usr/local/bin/p|'
 # remove all .bak files to clean the stage
-	${FIND} ${WRKSRC} -name '*.bak' -delete
+	@${FIND} ${WRKSRC} -name '*.bak' -delete
 
diff --git a/devel/subversion17/distinfo b/devel/subversion17/distinfo
index e49288318639..736d87c10105 100644
--- a/devel/subversion17/distinfo
+++ b/devel/subversion17/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (subversion17/subversion-1.7.16.tar.bz2) = 9dcbd8622045c5a9ab381d70754304030f180967d6e3db694baaf708f3253238
-SIZE (subversion17/subversion-1.7.16.tar.bz2) = 6006359
+SHA256 (subversion17/subversion-1.7.17.tar.bz2) = 2a66e4c5d2a8a919914a2e75f76467ef5457d0f96efc1e1c080fa02675867be3
+SIZE (subversion17/subversion-1.7.17.tar.bz2) = 6008028
diff --git a/devel/subversion17/pkg-plist b/devel/subversion17/pkg-plist
index 5c6151b8682f..7f2dbce10d4d 100644
--- a/devel/subversion17/pkg-plist
+++ b/devel/subversion17/pkg-plist
@@ -60,73 +60,73 @@ include/subversion-1/svn_version.h
 include/subversion-1/svn_wc.h
 include/subversion-1/svn_xml.h
 %%GNOME_KEYRING%%lib/libsvn_auth_gnome_keyring-1.a
-%%GNOME_KEYRING%%lib/libsvn_auth_gnome_keyring-1.la
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%%%GNOME_KEYRING%%lib/libsvn_auth_gnome_keyring-1.so
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%%%GNOME_KEYRING%%lib/libsvn_auth_gnome_keyring-1.so.0
+%%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%%%GNOME_KEYRING%%lib/libsvn_auth_gnome_keyring-1.so.0.0.0
 %%KDE_KWALLET%%lib/libsvn_auth_kwallet-1.a
-%%KDE_KWALLET%%lib/libsvn_auth_kwallet-1.la
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%%%KDE_KWALLET%%lib/libsvn_auth_kwallet-1.so
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%%%KDE_KWALLET%%lib/libsvn_auth_kwallet-1.so.0
+%%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%%%KDE_KWALLET%%lib/libsvn_auth_kwallet-1.so.0.0.0
 lib/libsvn_client-1.a
-lib/libsvn_client-1.la
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_client-1.so
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_client-1.so.0
+%%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_client-1.so.0.0.0
 lib/libsvn_delta-1.a
-lib/libsvn_delta-1.la
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_delta-1.so
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_delta-1.so.0
+%%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_delta-1.so.0.0.0
 lib/libsvn_diff-1.a
-lib/libsvn_diff-1.la
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_diff-1.so
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_diff-1.so.0
+%%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_diff-1.so.0.0.0
 lib/libsvn_fs-1.a
-lib/libsvn_fs-1.la
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_fs-1.so
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_fs-1.so.0
+%%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_fs-1.so.0.0.0
 %%BDB%%lib/libsvn_fs_base-1.a
-%%BDB%%lib/libsvn_fs_base-1.la
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%%%BDB%%lib/libsvn_fs_base-1.so
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%%%BDB%%lib/libsvn_fs_base-1.so.0
+%%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%%%BDB%%lib/libsvn_fs_base-1.so.0.0.0
 lib/libsvn_fs_fs-1.a
-lib/libsvn_fs_fs-1.la
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_fs_fs-1.so
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_fs_fs-1.so.0
+%%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_fs_fs-1.so.0.0.0
 lib/libsvn_fs_util-1.a
-lib/libsvn_fs_util-1.la
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_fs_util-1.so
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_fs_util-1.so.0
+%%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_fs_util-1.so.0.0.0
 lib/libsvn_ra-1.a
-lib/libsvn_ra-1.la
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_ra-1.so
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_ra-1.so.0
+%%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_ra-1.so.0.0.0
 lib/libsvn_ra_local-1.a
-lib/libsvn_ra_local-1.la
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_ra_local-1.so
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_ra_local-1.so.0
+%%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_ra_local-1.so.0.0.0
 %%NEON%%lib/libsvn_ra_neon-1.a
-%%NEON%%lib/libsvn_ra_neon-1.la
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%%%NEON%%lib/libsvn_ra_neon-1.so
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%%%NEON%%lib/libsvn_ra_neon-1.so.0
-lib/libsvn_ra_svn-1.a
-lib/libsvn_ra_svn-1.la
-%%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_ra_svn-1.so
-%%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_ra_svn-1.so.0
-lib/libsvn_repos-1.a
-lib/libsvn_repos-1.la
-%%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_repos-1.so
-%%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_repos-1.so.0
+%%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%%%NEON%%lib/libsvn_ra_neon-1.so.0.0.0
 %%SERF%%lib/libsvn_ra_serf-1.a
-%%SERF%%lib/libsvn_ra_serf-1.la
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%%%SERF%%lib/libsvn_ra_serf-1.so
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%%%SERF%%lib/libsvn_ra_serf-1.so.0
+%%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%%%SERF%%lib/libsvn_ra_serf-1.so.0.0.0
+lib/libsvn_ra_svn-1.a
+%%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_ra_svn-1.so
+%%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_ra_svn-1.so.0
+%%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_ra_svn-1.so.0.0.0
+lib/libsvn_repos-1.a
+%%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_repos-1.so
+%%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_repos-1.so.0
+%%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_repos-1.so.0.0.0
 lib/libsvn_subr-1.a
-lib/libsvn_subr-1.la
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_subr-1.so
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_subr-1.so.0
+%%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_subr-1.so.0.0.0
 lib/libsvn_wc-1.a
-lib/libsvn_wc-1.la
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_wc-1.so
 %%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_wc-1.so.0
+%%DYNAMIC_ENABLED%%lib/libsvn_wc-1.so.0.0.0
 @comment enable modules in this order: dav_svn, authz_svn, dontdothat
 %%MOD_DAV_SVN%%@unexec %%SED%% -i '' -E '/LoadModule[[:blank:]]+dav_svn_module/d' %D/%%APACHEETCDIR%%/httpd.conf
 %%MOD_DAV_SVN%%%%APACHEMODDIR%%/mod_dav_svn.so
@@ -354,43 +354,43 @@ man/man8/svnserve.8.gz
 %%DATADIR%%/server-side/test_svn_server_log_parse.py
 %%DATADIR%%/xslt/svnindex.css
 %%DATADIR%%/xslt/svnindex.xsl
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/xslt
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/server-side/mod_dontdothat
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/server-side
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/po
+%%TOOLS%%@dirrm bin/svn-tools
+@dirrm include/subversion-1
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/backup
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/bdb
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/buildbot/master/public_html
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/buildbot/master
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/buildbot/slaves/bb-openbsd
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/buildbot/slaves/centos
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/buildbot/slaves/i686-debian-sarge1
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/buildbot/slaves/svn-x64-macosx-gnu-shared
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/buildbot/slaves/svn-x64-macosx-gnu-shared-daily-ra_serf
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/buildbot/slaves/ubuntu-x64
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/buildbot/slaves/win32-SharpSvn
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/buildbot/slaves/win32-xp-VS2005
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/buildbot/slaves/xp-vc60-ia32
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/buildbot/slaves
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/buildbot
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/client-side/svnmucc
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/client-side
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/dev/benchmarks/large_dirs
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/dev/benchmarks/suite1
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/dev/benchmarks
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/dev/iz
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/dev/svnraisetreeconflict
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/dev/unix-build
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/dev/wc-ng
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/dev/windows-build
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/dev
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/diff
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/dist/templates
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/dist
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/examples
 @dirrm %%DATADIR%%/hook-scripts/mailer/tests
 @dirrm %%DATADIR%%/hook-scripts/mailer
 @dirrm %%DATADIR%%/hook-scripts
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/examples
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/dist/templates
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/dist
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/diff
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/dev/windows-build
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/dev/wc-ng
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/dev/unix-build
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/dev/svnraisetreeconflict
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/dev/iz
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/dev/benchmarks/suite1
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/dev/benchmarks/large_dirs
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/dev/benchmarks
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/dev
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/client-side/svnmucc
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/client-side
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/buildbot/slaves/xp-vc60-ia32
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/buildbot/slaves/win32-xp-VS2005
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/buildbot/slaves/win32-SharpSvn
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/buildbot/slaves/ubuntu-x64
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/buildbot/slaves/svn-x64-macosx-gnu-shared-daily-ra_serf
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/buildbot/slaves/svn-x64-macosx-gnu-shared
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/buildbot/slaves/i686-debian-sarge1
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/buildbot/slaves/centos
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/buildbot/slaves/bb-openbsd
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/buildbot/slaves
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/buildbot/master/public_html
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/buildbot/master
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/buildbot
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/bdb
-@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/backup
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/po
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/server-side/mod_dontdothat
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/server-side
+@dirrm %%DATADIR%%/xslt
 @dirrm %%DATADIR%%
-@dirrm include/subversion-1
-%%TOOLS%%@dirrm bin/svn-tools