Homebrew-core: couchdb install does not create /usr/local/etc/couchdb config directory

[feltech]

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• [x] Confirmed this is a problem with brew installing one, specific Homebrew/homebrew-core formula (not cask or tap) and not every time you run brew? If it's a general brew problem please file this issue at https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/new. If it's a brew cask problem please file this issue at https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/issues/new. If it's a tap (e.g. Homebrew/homebrew-php) problem please file this issue at the tap.
• [x] Ran brew update and retried your prior step?
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$ brew gist-logs couchdb
Error: No logs.

$ brew config
HOMEBREW_VERSION: 1.4.0
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: f42d8acde3907b90ea32cef01445744288984a4c
Last commit: 3 days ago
Core tap ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core
Core tap HEAD: ec65b1cea3e20327770b2657c3194606bd444712
Core tap last commit: 20 minutes ago
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /usr/local
CPU: octa-core 64-bit ivybridge
Homebrew Ruby: 2.3.3 => /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.3/usr/bin/ruby
Clang: 9.0 build 900
Git: 2.13.5 => /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/git
Curl: 7.54.0 => /usr/bin/curl
Perl: /usr/bin/perl
Python: /usr/bin/python
Ruby: /usr/bin/ruby => /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.3/usr/bin/ruby
Java: 1.8.0_40
macOS: 10.13.2-x86_64
Xcode: 9.0.1
CLT: 9.0.1.0.1.1506734476
X11: N/A



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$ /usr/local/opt/couchdb/bin/couchdb
{"init terminating in do_boot",{{badmatch,{error,{bad_return,{{couch_app,start,[normal,["/usr/local/etc/couchdb/default.ini","/usr/local/etc/couchdb/local.ini"]]},{'EXIT',{{badmatch,{error,{error,enoent}}},[{couch_server_sup,start_server,1,[{file,"couch_server_sup.erl"},{line,56}]},{application_master,start_it_old,4,[{file,"application_master.erl"},{line,273}]}]}}}}}},[{couch,start,0,[{file,"couch.erl"},{line,18}]},{init,start_em,1,[]},{init,do_boot,3,[]}]}}
init terminating in do_boot ()

The salient bit is enoent. I copied the /usr/local/etc/couchdb directory from an install with an older version on another machine (1.6.1_9) and modified the default.ini file to update the library path. This allowed couchdb to start fine.

[ilovezfs]

Yes it needs to be rebottled.

[ilovezfs]

brew reinstall -s couchdb will fix it for you locally

[feltech]

Thanks, that did the trick.

[ilovezfs]

@feltech the bottle is rebuilt. Thanks for reporting this @feltech!