[MacPorts] #16985: couchdb 0.8.1 does not fully start

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#16985: couchdb 0.8.1 does not fully start
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 Reporter:  sethladd@…          |       Owner:  jwa@…           
     Type:  defect              |      Status:  new             
 Priority:  Normal              |   Milestone:  Port Bugs       
Component:  ports               |     Version:  1.6.0           
 Keywords:                      |        Port:  couchdb         
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Comment(by oddsimons@…):

 Some further digging into the issue made me discover the `+server` variant
 of the port. So this actually works:

 {{{
 sudo port install couchdb +server
 # or
 sudo port install couchdb-devel +server
 }}}

 I think most users would expect to be able to serve databases when
 installing couchdb, and especially since the startup item is not enabled
 by default anyway. Is there really a good reason for keeping this variant?
 A CouchDB install as client/libs-only does not make all that much sense to
 me - but if it does to someone then the `/opt/local/bin/coucdb` startup
 script shouldn't be created either when not `+server`. It is very
 confusing.

 BTW, the URL for the repository has changed now that CouchDB has graduated
 from incubator. New URL is
 `http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb/trunk`.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/16985#comment:5>
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