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Date:      Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:25:40 GMT
From:      Till Klampaeckel <till@php.net>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   ports/160003: drop lang/erlang-lite and update lang/erlang
Message-ID:  <201108221625.p7MGPeVp034219@red.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <201108221630.p7MGUINM003662@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         160003
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       drop lang/erlang-lite and update lang/erlang
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
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>Keywords:       
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>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Aug 22 16:30:18 UTC 2011
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>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Till Klampaeckel
>Release:        latest
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>Description:
The two ports create issues for the several ports relying on them:

 * databases/couchdb
 * net-im/ejabberd

Most/All these (server) ports don't require Erlang with a full-fledge Java, X11 and/or ODBC install but when they rely on lang/erlang-lite instead, it creates unnecessary conflicts when someone has lang/erlang installed already.

The other option is to adjust the Makefiles of those ports -- which makes them unnecessary complicated also.

My proposal is to drop lang/erlang-lite and change lang/erlang to behave like lang/erlang-lite currently does by default.

In addition, lang/erlang would then accept WITH_JAVA, WITH_X11, WITH_ODBC and WITH_SMP so users can still get the "full" environment installed. Though I think the majority of Erlang users or the ports relying on this port won't need this often.

I can help updating the port or at least test updates.
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