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diff --git a/doc/src/guide/app.asciidoc b/doc/src/guide/app.asciidoc index 1320577..b2854de 100644 --- a/doc/src/guide/app.asciidoc +++ b/doc/src/guide/app.asciidoc @@ -46,13 +46,18 @@ up generating releases. ==== Application -You can build your application specifically, without -looking at handling dependencies or generating a release, -by running the following command: +You can build your application and dependencies without +generating a release by running the following command: [source,bash] $ make app +To build your application without touching dependencies +at all, you can use the `SKIP_DEPS` variable: + +[source,bash] +$ make app SKIP_DEPS=1 + This command is very useful if you have a lot of dependencies and develop on a machine with slow file access, like the Raspberry Pi and many other embedded devices. @@ -76,22 +81,21 @@ in the next chapter. ==== Release -You can generate the release, skipping the steps for building -the application and dependencies, by running the following -command: +It is not possible to build the release without at least +building the application itself, unless of course if there's +no application to begin with. + +To generate the release, `make` will generally suffice with +a normal Erlang.mk. A separate target is however available, +and will take care of building the release, after building +the application and all dependencies: [source,bash] $ make rel -This command can be useful if nothing changed except the -release configuration files. - Consult the link:relx.asciidoc[Releases] chapter for more information about what releases are and how they are generated. -Note that this command may fail if a required dependency -is missing. - === Application resource file When building your application, Erlang.mk will generate the |