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Date:      Sun, 29 Jul 2018 09:41:01 +0200
From:      Dave Cottlehuber <dch@skunkwerks.at>
To:        freebsd-erlang@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: erlang-runtime package
Message-ID:  <1532850061.1078843.1456244544.2D057AF0@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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References:  <e2520c81-ca90-7456-449f-31c0f8b1ae3f@gjunka.com>

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On Sun, 29 Jul 2018, at 00:47, Grzegorz Junka wrote:
> Hi, What's the difference between erlang or erlang-wx and

erlang base is whatever the current default erlang is.

Erlang- runtime-* are older or newer releases to allow compatibility
for various applications just like we have multiple php and llvm
versions in ports.
WX is GUI bindings to wxwidgets obviously it pulls in X and gtk as well
which isn=E2=80=99t necessaryfor servers. By way of example, erlang has a n=
ice
GUI tool called observer that needs these bindings.
All of them support make options if you want to build with wx or dtrace
etc so you can have whatever you want.
Most of the erlang-dependent ports require a minimum of the base erlang
port but can be built against newer releases.
A+
Dave











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