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Overview

This PR replaces the existing b64url dependency with a fixed version that resolves compilation issues on modern macOS systems with newer compilers. The previous version was causing build failures in couch_quickjs and related modules due to missing or incompatible headers. With this change, the CouchDB project should compile successfully on macOS with Homebrew-installed dependencies.

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  • Run make release after cleaning the build (make distclean) to ensure the project compiles successfully.
  • Start CouchDB (rel/couchdb/bin/couchdb) and check that all services, especially those relying on the QuickJS integration, start without errors.
  • Optionally, run the test suite (make tests) to verify no regressions were introduced.

Related Issues or Pull Requests

  • N/A (no prior PR addressing this fix)
  • Related to macOS build issues reported in community discussions about couch_quickjs compilation failures.

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  • Code is written and works correctly
  • Changes are covered by tests
  • Any new configurable parameters are documented in rel/overlay/etc/default.ini
  • Documentation changes were made in the src/docs folder
  • Documentation changes were backported (separated PR) to affected branches

unpack(DbName, list_to_binary(PackedBookmark));
unpack(DbName, PackedBookmark) when is_binary(PackedBookmark) ->
Bookmark = jiffy:decode(b64url:decode(PackedBookmark), [return_maps]),
Bookmark = jiffy:decode(base64:decode_url(PackedBookmark), [return_maps]),
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Bookmark = jiffy:decode(base64:decode_url(PackedBookmark), [return_maps]),

Just curious, was this AI generated? There is no decode_url function in base64 module?

[1] https://www.erlang.org/doc/apps/stdlib/base64.html

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big-r81 commented Dec 3, 2025

It really feels like AI generated, we should close this!

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rnewson commented Dec 5, 2025

Closing as clearly the developer never ran this code, assuming they even wrote it themselves.

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