[jira] Commented: (COUCHDB-960) Have configure work without flags on Debian/Ubuntu

["Noah Slater (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Noah Slater commented on COUCHDB-960:
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Seems like a good proposal. Bonus points for doing it in a way that works on Debian, and other Debian based distros. Extra bonus points for adapting it to work with as many other distros as possible. Patches welcome.

> Have configure work without flags on Debian/Ubuntu
> --------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: COUCHDB-960
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-960
>             Project: CouchDB
>          Issue Type: Wish
>          Components: Build System
>    Affects Versions: 1.0.1
>            Reporter: A. Bram Neijt
>            Priority: Minor
>
> On a Debian/Ubuntu system, you have to help configure to find the JS library:
> xulrunner_gre_version=`xulrunner --gre-version`
> ./configure --with-js-lib=/usr/lib/xulrunner-devel-${xulrunner_gre_version}/lib/ --with-js-include=/usr/lib/xulrunner-devel-${xulrunner_gre_version}/include/ && make
> It seems that Yelp is able to do this on it's own using special m4 macros[1].
> I would like the CouchDB configure script to be able to find the JS library without requiring extra arguments.
> [1] http://www.google.com/codesearch/p?#ErvFMsc8kPE/pub/GNOME/desktop/2.16/2.16.0/sources/yelp-2.16.0.tar.gz|U-t_e2pgMiw/yelp-2.16.0/configure.in
>       http://www.google.com/codesearch/p?#ErvFMsc8kPE/pub/GNOME/desktop/2.16/2.16.0/sources/yelp-2.16.0.tar.gz|U-t_e2pgMiw/yelp-2.16.0/m4/gecko.m4&d=8

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