[COUCHDB-3112] CouchDB impossible to build when SpierMonkey-1.8.5 is installed from source

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Alex S
• Created: 30/Aug/16 15:38
• Updated: 02/Sep/18 07:07
• Resolved: 02/Sep/18 07:07

Description

Source installation of SpiderMonkey populates the system's include/ directory under a js/ prefix, yet CouchDB C source expects to find those headers in the top-level namespace. The usual ways of altering include paths all fail for the `make` command.