All done with the erl libs thing. Upgrade to the latest version of erl

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Torben Hoffmann
<[email protected]> wrote:
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> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 22:57, Martin Logan <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Torben Hoffmann
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Well, that sort of explains why my feeble attempt to locate the file
>> > failed
>> > so miserably!
>> >
>> > Maybe it is my lack of understanding of how Faxien works that throws me
>> > off,
>> > but if I understand you correctly the
>> >
>> > faxien fetch-release ...
>> >
>> > provides you with a "template" that should be updated to reflect the new
>> > release.
>>
>> Faxien fetch-release really just pulls the release package and locates
>> it locally.  Faxien install-release goes the extra step of installing
>> that package for you.  Fetch release pulls the package but does not
>> install it which means that the package is nicely isolated for you.
>> This means you can analyse it or directly modify it and publish it
>> with no distraction from other packages.
>
> Nice.
>
>>
>> >
>> > But what do you then do with the platform specific files in a new
>> > release as
>> > well as the new applications? How do you get the new versions from
>> > erlang.org integrated in your system?
>>
>> We support mac and linux by default. If you want others you may want
>> to install erlang/otp directly and leverage what is already in the lib
>> dir. You can also publish those files to a local repo if you are
>> working with more than one developer.
>
> So you actively compile Erlang for these platforms, right? (That was what I
> meant by getting new versions from erlang.org).
>
>>
>> >
>> > Anyway, now that I have id'ed something I would like to change for the
>> > current release how should I go about doing that?
>> > The change is simple enough, though:
>> >
>> > ERL_LIBS=$ROOTDIR/lib:$ERL_LIBS
>> >
>> > A simple additing of the current ERL_LIBS variable and one is set to go.
>>
>> Good call - I will make the change and publish it for you. Give me a
>> couple of days.
>
> Lovely!
>
> Cheers,
> Torben
>
>>
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Torben
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 19:34, Martin Logan <[email protected]>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> the repo that contains the erlware/bin/erl file? Ahh, there is no
>> >> repository that contians it actually. It is a release that lives only
>> >> in the erlware repo. The process on that one is that as soon as a new
>> >> version of Erlang/OTP is released we pull the erl release as such
>> >>
>> >> faxien fetch-release erl ./
>> >>
>> >> and then modify it to reflect the latest versions of everything and
>> >> publish it anew.
>> >>
>> >> Is that the info you are looking for?
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >> Martin
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 4:22 PM, LeHoff <[email protected]>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> >
>> >> > I have managed to get faxien to install Erlang on my new Mac
>> >> > (Snowleopard) so now I am done with other ways of installing Erlang.
>> >> >
>> >> > However, erlware has a fondness for overwriting the ERL_LIBS variable
>> >> > which I happen to to use for an application which is not yet part of
>> >> > erlware (neotoma - I will put it in when I have a setup that works
>> >> > 100%).
>> >> >
>> >> > I would like to change erlware/bin/erl to use an existing ERL_LIBS
>> >> > value instead of forcing erlware/lib on everything.
>> >> > (If this is a bad thing to want please explain so I can become
>> >> > wiser!)
>> >> >
>> >> > How do I find the repository which contains this file?
>> >> > Zapping through the repos seems somewhat inefficient to me...
>> >> >
>> >> > Cheers,
>> >> > Torben
>> >> >
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