[99s-extend] [erlang-questions] [ANN] erlang.mk build tool

Fri Aug 16 17:02:00 CEST 2013

But it "is only used for fetching the package index file"... :) If the 
+target is up to date there is no starting of Erlang. But on the other 
+hand it could be used conditionally, e.g. use wget on systems on which 
+it is installed and Erlang otherwise. It's just down to creating a 
+properly structured target, isn't?
+
+On 16/08/2013 15:44, Loïc Hoguin wrote:
+> Starting Erlang takes too long. That's a big reason why erlang.mk was 
+> created. :)
+>
+> I recall NetBSD being able to download things with a shell script only 
+> (as it comes with nothing installed), this would be a more interesting 
+> solution especially since we can bundle it in the erlang.mk file too.
+>
+> On 08/16/2013 04:42 PM, Grzegorz Junka wrote:
+>> Why not use Erlang for downloading? Surely if erlang.mk is a tool for
+>> Erlang then it will be very likely installed. For example this target
+>> downloads Rebar:
+>>
+>> # Erlang Rebar downloading, see:
+>> #
+>> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/erlang-programming/U0JJ3SeUv5Y 
+>>
+>> rb_rebar_url=http://cloud.github.com/downloads/basho/rebar/rebar
+>> ./rebar:
+>> $(ERL) -noshell -s inets -s ssl \
+>> -eval 'httpc:request(get, {"$(rb_rebar_url)", []}, [], [{stream,
+>> "./rebar"}])' \
+>> -s init stop
+>> chmod +x ./rebar
+>> REBAR=$(shell (type rebar 2>/dev/null || echo ./rebar) | tail -1 | awk
+>> '{ print $$NF }')
+>>
+>>
+>> It could be used to download anything, not just REBAR.
+>>
+>> - Greg
+>>
+>>
+>> On 16/08/2013 15:34, Loïc Hoguin wrote:
+>>> On 08/16/2013 10:39 AM, Benoit Chesneau wrote:
+>>>> The big problem with erlang.mk <http://erlang.mk> is requiring to have
+>>>> gmake and more importantly wget installed imo.
+>>>
+>>> wget is only used for fetching the package index file. I'm sure if it
+>>> doesn't work somewhere it'll be patched eventually.
+>>>
+>>>> Which makes it quite annoying to distribute on systems that have 
+>>>> none of
+>>>> them. It would be interrestin to have the support for curl for 
+>>>> example.
+>>>> Also what are the makefile extensions that you really need to require
+>>>> gmake?
+>>>
+>>> No idea. Patches are welcome for compatibility with different OS/build
+>>> tools (as long as it's not "rewrite the whole file" of course, then
+>>> you're better off just using gmake).
+>>>
+>>>> - benoit
+>>>>
+>>>>
+>>>> On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Loïc Hoguin <essen at ninenines.eu
+>>>> <mailto:essen at ninenines.eu>> wrote:
+>>>>
+>>>>     Hello friendly people,
+>>>>
+>>>>     I would like to make an official announcement of erlang.mk
+>>>> <http://erlang.mk> now that all the features I wanted are in.
+>>>>
+>>>>     erlang.mk <http://erlang.mk> is a rebar replacement. It was
+>>>>     initially created for allowing a faster development process than
+>>>>     rebar and for better compatibility with Linux build tools. It 
+>>>> should
+>>>>     work on Linux and OSX with GNU Make installed.
+>>>>
+>>>>     Projects using erlang.mk <http://erlang.mk> are still compatible
+>>>>     with rebar. Dependencies fetched by rebar are stored in the same
+>>>>     deps/ directory, and projects using erlang.mk 
+>>>> <http://erlang.mk> can
+>>>>     still be used as rebar dependencies, with or without a 
+>>>> rebar.config
+>>>>     file.
+>>>>
+>>>>     erlang.mk <http://erlang.mk> also features a simple package index.
+>>>>     Try `make pkg-list` to list all packages currently available. All
+>>>>     the packages listed are compatible with erlang.mk 
+>>>> <http://erlang.mk>
+>>>>     with no tweaking required.
+>>>>
+>>>>     Makefiles written with erlang.mk <http://erlang.mk> are *VERY*
+>>>>     simple, here are two examples:
+>>>>
+>>>>       * https://github.com/extend/__farwest/blob/master/Makefile
+>>>> <https://github.com/extend/farwest/blob/master/Makefile>
+>>>>       * https://github.com/extend/__cowboy/blob/master/Makefile
+>>>> <https://github.com/extend/cowboy/blob/master/Makefile>
+>>>>
+>>>>     I wrote about erlang.mk <http://erlang.mk> and relx recently on 
+>>>> the
+>>>>     Nine Nines blog. erlang.mk <http://erlang.mk> is the perfect
+>>>>     companion to relx.
+>>>>
+>>>>       * http://ninenines.eu/articles/__erlang.mk-and-relx
+>>>> <http://ninenines.eu/articles/erlang.mk-and-relx>
+>>>>
+>>>>     Here are examples of projects that are using and compatible with
+>>>>     erlang.mk <http://erlang.mk>:
+>>>>
+>>>>       * https://github.com/jlouis/__etorrent
+>>>> <https://github.com/jlouis/etorrent>
+>>>>       * https://github.com/extend/__cowboy
+>>>> <https://github.com/extend/cowboy>
+>>>>       * https://github.com/extend/__farwest
+>>>> <https://github.com/extend/farwest>
+>>>>
+>>>>     You can find erlang.mk <http://erlang.mk> at the following URL:
+>>>>
+>>>>       * https://github.com/extend/__erlang.mk
+>>>> <https://github.com/extend/erlang.mk>
+>>>>
+>>>>     Contributions to the package index are of course welcome! The only
+>>>>     requirement is that the package is to be compatible with erlang.mk
+>>>> <http://erlang.mk> itself. Just send a PR to the erlang.mk
+>>>> <http://erlang.mk> project updating the packages.v1.txt!
+>>>>
+>>>>     Enjoy!
+>>>>
+>>>>     --
+>>>>     Loïc Hoguin
+>>>>     Erlang Cowboy
+>>>>     Nine Nines
+>>>> http://ninenines.eu
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+>>>>
+>>>>
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