[COUCHDB-1417] Running individual JS tests at the CLI fails

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.2
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0, 1.6.1
• Component/s: Test Suite
• Skill Level: New Contributors Level (Easy)
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jason Smith
• Created: 23/Feb/12 05:35
• Updated: 22/Dec/14 14:53
• Resolved: 22/Dec/14 14:53

Description

Running the following in the 1.2.x branch does not work:

$ ./test/javascript/run share/www/script/test/rewrite.js
[couchjs] Error: No XMLHTTPRequest support detected

The cause is that the runner concatenates several files into one script:

cat couchdb/share/www/script/json2.js couchdb/share/www/script/sha1.js couchdb/share/www/script/oauth.js couchdb/share/www/script/couch.js couchdb/share/www/script/couch_test_runner.js couchdb/share/www/script/couch_tests.js share/www/script/test/rewrite.js couchdb/test/javascript/couch_http.js couchdb/test/javascript/cli_runner.js

If the final statement before couch_http.js is missing a semicolon, then couch_http.js will look like a function invocation.

The fix is to modify couch_http.js to be completely protected from whatever statements may have preceded it.