The couchdb ebuilds incorrectly specify >=dev-lang/spidermonkey-1.8.5 as a dep. This is the result of trying to build couchdb-1.3.0-r1 against spidermonkey-1.8.7: checking jsapi.h usability... yes checking jsapi.h presence... yes checking for jsapi.h... yes checking for JS_NewContext in -lmozjs185... no checking for JS_NewContext in -lmozjs185-1.0... no checking for JS_NewContext in -lmozjs... no checking for JS_NewContext in -ljs... no checking for JS_NewContext in -ljs3250... no checking for JS_NewContext in -ljs32... no configure: error: Could not find the js library. Of course, it works with 1.8.5.
We'll need to patch this for spidermonkey-17 also.
+ 28 May 2013; Dirkjan Ochtman <djc@gentoo.org> couchdb-1.2.1.ebuild, + couchdb-1.3.0-r1.ebuild, couchdb-1.3.0.ebuild: + Restrict dependency on spidermonkey to < 1.8.7 (bug 471454).
Repoening, as a reminder -- when spidermonkey-17 is added, this package will no longer work in ~arch, and when its stabilized it won't work in stable either. The code will need to be ported at some point.
Yeah, but I'm pretty sure that work will be done upstream. Doesn't it make sense to close this bug in that case?
I'd rather not.. Please feel free to assign it to me tho if you want it off your plate -- I'll take care of (back)porting and/or bumping during the mozjs-17 unmasking process.
Okay. Do you have an ETA for this? I'm an upstream committer for CouchDB (though mostly just for the docs) these days, so if you end up having to patch CouchDB I can push things.
Spidermonkey-17 (and all future versions) are slotted, and 1.8.7 is going to be removed. This bug is no longer has purpose.
