[couchdb] launchd plist aka. StartupItem created by macports does not work

[febeling@…]

On port install couchdb +server, couchdb port creates a launchd plist file, even though the project contents already contain one. This additional one created by macports does not work. The one contained in the project does work though.

Working:

/opt/local/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.couchdb.plist

Broken:

/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.CouchDB.plist

(trunk on Intel/10.5.5)

Why not just remove the +server variant to fix this. CouchDB does not make any sense as a client library, since and HTTP client works just fine, and a not loaded plist somewhere in the contents should not cause much trouble. And variants are not consequently supported as a concept, so maybe it's wise to avoid them for now.