when using static requestSpecification, static baseUri is ignored (if it has been set after)

What steps will reproduce the problem?
 Run a test that looks like:
    @Test
    public void staticBaseUriNotTakenIntoAccount() {
        RestAssured.requestSpecification = new RequestSpecBuilder().build();
        RestAssured.baseURI = "http://code.google.com/";

        RestAssured.given()
            .log().all()
        .when()
            .get("/p/rest-assured")
        .then()
            .log().all()
            .statusCode(200);
    }

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expect the request to be a GET on http://code.google.com/p/rest-assured.

Instead, I see a logged request on http://localhost:8080/p/rest-assured. It 
looks like this:
        Request method: GET
        Request path:   http://localhost:8080/p/rest-assured
        Proxy:      <none>
        Request params: <none>
        Query params:   <none>
        Form params:    <none>
        Path params:    <none>
        Multiparts: <none>
        Headers:    Accept=*/*
        Cookies:    <none>
        Body:       <none>

The rest of the log is:
        15:17:15.053 [main] DEBUG o.a.h.i.c.BasicClientConnectionManager - Get connection for route {}->http://localhost:8080
        15:17:15.067 [main] DEBUG o.a.h.i.c.DefaultClientConnectionOperator - Connecting to localhost:8080
        15:17:16.067 [main] DEBUG o.a.h.i.c.DefaultClientConnectionOperator - Connect to localhost:8080 timed out. Connection will be retried using another IP address
        15:17:16.067 [main] DEBUG o.a.h.i.c.DefaultClientConnectionOperator - Connecting to localhost:8080
        15:17:17.068 [main] DEBUG o.a.h.i.conn.DefaultClientConnection - Connection org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnection@cdc3aae closed
        15:17:17.068 [main] DEBUG o.a.h.i.conn.DefaultClientConnection - Connection org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnection@cdc3aae shut down
        15:17:17.068 [main] DEBUG o.a.h.i.c.BasicClientConnectionManager - Releasing connection org.apache.http.impl.conn.ManagedClientConnectionImpl@7ef2d7a6

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
I am using v2.4.0, on Windows 8.1

Note: alternatively, if I set RestAssured.baseURI BEFORE setting 
RestAssured.requestSpecification, the request hits the right endpoint (GET 
http://code.google.com/p/rest-assured/)

Note: another workaround, and possibly a cleaner way to do it, is to NOT use 
the static RestAssured.baseUri field at all but use the baseUri() method on the 
RequestSpecification class instead.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by gabriel....@gmail.com on 18 Nov 2014 at 8:30

suvallur / rest-assured

when using static requestSpecification, static baseUri is ignored (if it has been set after) #373