[jira] [Reopened] (COUCHDB-1042) make libcurl a soft (optional) dependency

["Randall Leeds (Reopened) (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1042?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Randall Leeds reopened COUCHDB-1042:
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    Skill Level: New Contributors Level (Easy)
       Assignee: Randall Leeds

I think now that the js tests run with make check something is needed here. We should issue a warning that these tests won't be run when the dependency isn't satisfied, and then not run them.
                
> make libcurl a soft (optional) dependency
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>                 Key: COUCHDB-1042
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1042
>             Project: CouchDB
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Build System
>    Affects Versions: 1.0.1
>            Reporter: Randall Leeds
>            Assignee: Randall Leeds
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 1.2, 2.0
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>         Attachments: 0001-make-cURL-an-optional-dependency.patch, 0001-no-lcurl-if-no-curl-support.patch, curl_as_soft_dep.patch, curl_as_soft_dep_v2.patch
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> CouchDB currently uses libcurl only in couchjs to expose HTTP client functions to the JavaScript environment. This functionality is used by the JavaScript unit tests. For idempotent views it is discouraged to perform I/O in a view function. Therefore, I propose that libcurl be made an optional dependency, automatically detected at build time, and a flag added to couchjs so it can be explicitly enabled in the unit tests (but disabled, by default, for the query server).

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