Master - just hit up github and started following the readme. Was a bit concerned that the spidermonkey ppa said "karmic" but shrugged it off and pressed onwards.
For the record, I have never been able to successfully build straight couch either, EXCEPT using build-couchdb[1], which chainbuilds erlang, curl and spidermonkey from their respective github projects. I was even able to do this using vanilla Centos (of all things). So +1 for a build-bigcouch project if anyone is up for it. A cursory googling didn't turn one up, but you know what they say about absence of evidence[2]. :) Context: I'm co-authoring a book on databases, and I'd love to talk about BigCouch in the CouchDB chapter, but I need to be able to run it. [1] https://github.com/iriscouch/build-couchdb [2] https://plus.google.com/u/0/114924461829472558358/posts/fGcYwTuq6q5 Thanks for your help, -- Jim On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Adam Kocoloski <[email protected]>wrote: > Ok then -- 1.1.0 does not support JS 1.8.5 (the 1.1.1 candidate we're > voting on now does). > > Jim, I should have asked in the beginning, but did you try to build > BigCouch from the master branch or from a tag? > > Adam > > On Oct 24, 2011, at 10:55 AM, CGS wrote: > > > CouchDB version 1.1.0. > > > > On 10/24/2011 04:47 PM, Adam Kocoloski wrote: > >> Ugh, that's really not good. What version of CouchDB were you using? > >> > >> Adam > >> > >> On Oct 24, 2011, at 10:38 AM, CGS wrote: > >> > >>> I remember I installed CouchDB using Spidermonkey from 'git clone > git://github.com/membase/spidermonkey.git' and it worked. I used that > because the official version 1.8.5 raised similar error in CouchDB > compilation. Maybe it will help you as well. > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> CGS > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 10/24/2011 04:00 PM, Adam Kocoloski wrote: > >>>> Hi Jim, thanks for the reminder to update the instructions, 1.8.5 is > definitely preferred now. > >>>> > >>>> Paul wrote most of the current logic to compile couchjs against > various versions of Spidermonkey in both CouchDB and BigCouch. I don't know > if he tried the Ubuntu 11.10 package specifically. I suspect when he's up > later today he'll have some insight on the matter. Regards, > >>>> > >>>> Adam > >>>> > >>>> On Oct 24, 2011, at 9:51 AM, Jim R. Wilson wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> My apologies if this is the wrong list for this kind of question. I > >>>>> couldn't find a BigCouch specific mailing list. > >>>>> > >>>>> I'm trying to build bigcouch for the first time (on Ubuntu 11.10 > Oneiric). > >>>>> The instructions[1] say to use spidermonkey 1.9.2 and include steps > on how > >>>>> to get this from ppa. > >>>>> > >>>>> When I try to make, the build fails and I get this (followed by a > bunch of > >>>>> similar errors): > >>>>> > >>>>> c++ -o build/couchjs -L/usr/lib/xulrunner-devel-2.0/lib > >>>>> build/main.o build/http.o build/utf8.o build/util.o -lm -lpthread > -lcurl > >>>>> -lnspr4 -lmozjs > >>>>> build/main.o: In function `seal': > >>>>> /tmp/bigcouch/couchjs/build/sm180.c:229: undefined reference to > >>>>> `JS_SealObject' > >>>>> > >>>>> I found an email chain[2] suggesting that the problem is that this > version > >>>>> of spidermonkey is too new for couchdb. > >>>>> > >>>>> However, when I back out spidermonkey 1.9.2 and use the 1.8.5 version > >>>>> available through the normal apt channels, I get this: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../../lib/libmozjs185-1.0.a > >>>>> (RegexCompiler.o): > >>>>> In function `JSC::Yarr::compileRegex(JSLinearString > >>>>> const&, JSC::Yarr::RegexPattern&)': (.text+0x26ca): undefined > >>>>> reference to `PR_AtomicDecrement' > >>>>> > >>>>> Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance. > >>>>> > >>>>> [1] https://github.com/cloudant/bigcouch > >>>>> [2] http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.db.couchdb.user/15583 > >>>>> > >>>>> -- Jim R. Wilson (jimbojw) > > > >
