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-rw-r--r--lib/reltool/doc/src/reltool_usage.xml11
2 files changed, 30 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/reltool/doc/src/reltool.xml b/lib/reltool/doc/src/reltool.xml
index d7d7e12566..fbe29753be 100644
--- a/lib/reltool/doc/src/reltool.xml
+++ b/lib/reltool/doc/src/reltool.xml
@@ -51,8 +51,18 @@
defines library directories where additional applications
may reside and it defaults to the directories
listed by the operating system environment variable
- <c>ERL_LIBS</c>. See the module <c>code</c> for more info.
- Finally single modules and entire applications may be read from
+ <c>ERL_LIBS</c>. See the module <c>code</c> for more info.</p>
+
+ <p>An application directory <c>AppDir</c> under a library
+ directory is recognized by the existence of an <c>AppDir/ebin</c>
+ directory. If this does not exist, <c>reltool</c> will not
+ consider <c>AppDir</c> at all when looking for applications.</p>
+
+ <p>It is recommended that application directories are named as the
+ application, possibly followed by a dash and the version
+ number. For example <c>myapp</c> or <c>myapp-1.1</c>.</p>
+
+ <p>Finally single modules and entire applications may be read from
Escripts.</p>
<p>Some configuration parameters control the behavior of Reltool
@@ -372,6 +382,11 @@
<p>This parameter is mutual exclusive with <c>lib_dir</c>. If
<c>vsn</c> and <c>lib_dir</c> are both omitted, the latest version
will be chosen.</p>
+ <p>Note that in order for reltool to sort application versions
+ and thereby be able to select the latest, it is required that
+ the version id for the application consits of integers and
+ dots only, for example <c>1</c>, <c>2.0</c> or
+ <c>3.17.1</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>lib_dir</c></tag>
<item>
@@ -383,6 +398,11 @@
<p>This parameter is mutual exclusive with <c>vsn</c>. If
<c>vsn</c> and <c>lib_dir</c> are both omitted, the latest version
will be chosen.</p>
+ <p>Note that in order for reltool to sort application versions
+ and thereby be able to select the latest, it is required that
+ the version id for the application consits of integers and
+ dots only, for example <c>1</c>, <c>2.0</c> or
+ <c>3.17.1</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>mod</c></tag>
<item>
diff --git a/lib/reltool/doc/src/reltool_usage.xml b/lib/reltool/doc/src/reltool_usage.xml
index d128e80a77..0041e60d8f 100644
--- a/lib/reltool/doc/src/reltool_usage.xml
+++ b/lib/reltool/doc/src/reltool_usage.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
<header>
<copyright>
<year>2009</year>
- <year>2011</year>
+ <year>2012</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -257,6 +257,11 @@
policy</c> part of the page. By default the latest version of the
application is selected, but it is possible to override this by
explicitly selecting another version.</p>
+
+ <p>Note that in order for reltool to sort application versions and
+ thereby be able to select the latest, it is required that the
+ version id for the application consits of integers and dots only,
+ for example <c>1</c>, <c>2.0</c> or <c>3.17.1</c>.</p>
<p>By default the <c>Application inclusion policy</c> on system
level is used for all applications. Set the value to
@@ -335,7 +340,7 @@
<p>There are two categories of modules on the <c>Module
dependencies</c> page. If the module is used by other modules,
- these are listed under <c>Modules used by others</c>. If the
+ these are listed under <c>Modules using this</c>. If the
module uses other modules, these are listed under <c>Used
modules</c>.</p>
@@ -365,7 +370,7 @@
<p>There are two categories of modules on the <c>Dependencies</c>
page. If the module is used by other modules, these are listed
- under <c>Modules used by others</c>. If the module uses other
+ under <c>Modules using this</c>. If the module uses other
modules, these are listed under <c>Used modules</c>.</p>
<p>Double click on an module name to launch a module window.</p>