Its already a soft dependency. If curl isn't found all that happens is that you can't run ./test/javascript/run after you build it.
On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Chris Anderson <jch...@apache.org> wrote: > This sparks another thought that we could have a ./configure directive > that says --no-curl or something. Since we only need curl for purposes > of running the developer test suite. > > Chris > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Arash Bizhan zadeh <aras...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> I am trying to compile couch on RH enterprise. The official RH package for >> curl is 7.15, but Couch needs 7.18. I would like to know what is the best >> way to handle this? Is there any specific reason that Couch depends on >> 7.18? Can the dependency be downgraded to 7.15? >> Can anybody advise me on how to handle this specific dependency and other >> dependencies ( i.e Erlang) please? >> >> thanks, >> -arash >> > > > > -- > Chris Anderson > http://jchrisa.net > http://couchbase.com >