From 393147ad487e0d8bc16b89960a7f2d2857805f8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Viktor=20S=C3=B6derqvist?= <viktor.soderqvist@est.tech>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 12:17:54 +0100
Subject: Add dep version in examples in README and user guide

Add dep_cowboy_commit 2.8.0 and a note in the user guide
dependencies section that the versions in the package index
are not always up to date.
---
 doc/src/guide/deps.asciidoc | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

(limited to 'doc/src/guide/deps.asciidoc')

diff --git a/doc/src/guide/deps.asciidoc b/doc/src/guide/deps.asciidoc
index 066a3d8..081f4f7 100644
--- a/doc/src/guide/deps.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/src/guide/deps.asciidoc
@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ fetch and compile Cowboy. Erlang.mk will also ensure Cowboy
 is available whenever you use the shell, run tests and any
 other operations.
 
+Note though that you may need to specify the version of a
+dependency to use. Otherwise, you may get an outdated version,
+since the package index used by Erlang.mk is not always
+updated with the latest version of each package.
+
+[source,make]
+DEPS = cowboy
+dep_cowboy_commit = 2.8.0
+
 Erlang.mk will fill in the application resource file with
 all applications found in `DEPS`. But not all dependencies
 are Erlang applications, and not all dependencies need to
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