Lukas,<div>Hello, and thanks for your response. Placing those two lines just after the comment blocks and just before the "main(Args) ->" line, but it results in a syntax error:</div><div><br></div><div><div>otp_src_R15B01 barryh$ make install-docs</div>
<div>ERL_TOP=/Users/barryh/otp_src_R15B01 INSTALLROOT=/Users/barryh/lib/erlang PATH=/Users/barryh/otp_src_R15B01/bootstrap/bin:${PATH} \</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">    </span>make RELEASE_ROOT=/Users/barryh/lib/erlang release_docs</div>
<div>PATH=/Users/barryh/otp_src_R15B01/bin:${PATH} escript /Users/barryh/otp_src_R15B01/lib/erl_docgen/priv/bin/xref_mod_app.escript -topdir /Users/barryh/otp_src_R15B01 -outfile /Users/barryh/otp_src_R15B01/make/i386-apple-darwin11.4.0/mod2app.xml</div>
<div>/Users/barryh/otp_src_R15B01/lib/erl_docgen/priv/bin/xref_mod_app.escript:42: syntax error before: ':'</div><div>escript: There were compilation errors.</div><div>make[1]: *** [mod2app] Error 127</div><div>make: *** [install-docs] Error 2</div>
<div><br></div><div>Being new to Erlang, there may be some context I'm missing. Is there a particular function in which I need to embed those directives? In the meantime I have executed those two directives in the shell in the event that would be partially helpful:</div>
<div><br></div><div><div>$ erl</div><div>Erlang R15B01 (erts-5.9.1) [source] [smp:8:8] [async-threads:0] [hipe] [kernel-poll:false]</div><div><br></div><div>Eshell V5.9.1  (abort with ^G)</div><div>1> erlang:display({rootdir,code:root_dir()}).</div>
<div>{rootdir,"/Users/barryh/lib/erlang"}</div><div>true</div><div>2> erlang:display({paths,code:get_path()}).</div><div>{paths,[".","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/kernel-2.15.1/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/stdlib-1.18.1/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/xmerl-1.3.1/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/wx-0.99.2/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/webtool-0.8.9.1/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/typer-0.9.3/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/tv-2.1.4.9/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/tools-2.6.7/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/toolbar-1.4.2.2/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/test_server-3.5.1/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/syntax_tools-1.6.8/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/ssl-5.0.1/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/ssh-2.1/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/snmp-4.22/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/sasl-2.2.1/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/runtime_tools-1.8.8/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/reltool-0.6/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/public_key-0.15/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/pman-2.7.1.2/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/percept-0.8.6.1/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/parsetools-2.0.7/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/otp_mibs-1.0.7/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/os_mon-2.2.9/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/orber-3.6.24/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/odbc-2.10.12/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/observer-1.1/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/mnesia-4.7/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/megaco-3.16.0.1/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/jinterface-1.5.6","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/inviso-0.6.3/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/inets-5.9/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/ic-4.2.30/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/hipe-3.9.1/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/gs-1.5.15.1/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/eunit-2.2.2/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/et-1.4.4.1/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/erts-5.9.1/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/erl_interface-3.7.7","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.3.1/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/eldap-1.0/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/edoc-0.7.9.1/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/diameter-1.1/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/dialyzer-2.5.1/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/debugger-3.2.8/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-2.1/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/cosTransactions-1.2.12/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/cosTime-1.1.12/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/cosProperty-1.1.15/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/cosNotification-1.1.18/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/cosFileTransfer-1.1.13/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/cosEventDomain-1.1.12/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/cosEvent-2.1.12/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/compiler-4.8.1/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/common_test-1.6.1/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/asn1-1.7/ebin","/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/appmon-2.1.14.1/ebin"]}</div>
<div>true</div></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>-- </div><div>Barry</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 6:24 AM, Lukas Larsson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lukas@erlang.org" target="_blank">lukas@erlang.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
  <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
    Hello,<br>
    <br>
    Unfortunately I cannot reproduce your error. Could you try to insert
    this into the beginning
/Users/barryh/otp_src_R15B01/lib/erl_docgen/priv/bin/xref_mod_app.escript
    and report back with your findings?<br>
    <br>
    erlang:display({rootdir,code:root_dir()}),<br>
    erlang:display({paths,code:get_path()}),<br>
    <br>
    Lukas<div><div class="h5"><br>
    <br>
    On 15/06/12 16:52, Barry Hawkins wrote:
    </div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="h5">
      <div>Summary: A local build and install from source for Erlang
        R15B01 succeeds, 'make docs' succeeds, but the subsequent 'make
        install-docs' fails.</div>
      Release: R15B01
      <div>Operating System: Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>Steps to Reproduce:</div>
      <div>
        <div>$ curl -O <a href="http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_src_R15B01.tar.gz" target="_blank">http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_src_R15B01.tar.gz</a></div>
        <div>$ tar xzvf otp_src_R15B01.tar.gz</div>
        <div>$ cd otp_src_R15B01</div>
      </div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>Per instructions at <a href="http://www.erlang.org/doc/installation_guide/INSTALL.html#Building-a-fast-Erlang-VM-on-Mac-OS-Lion" target="_blank">http://www.erlang.org/doc/installation_guide/INSTALL.html#Building-a-fast-Erlang-VM-on-Mac-OS-Lion</a>
        install MacPorts GCC 4.5.</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>$ sudo port install gcc45 +universal</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>Install wxWidgets 2.8.12 and FOP 1.0 from MacPorts to satisfy
        dependencies.</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>
        <div>$ sudo port install wxwidgets</div>
        <div>$ which wx-config </div>
        <div>/opt/local/bin/wx-config</div>
      </div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>
        <div>$ sudo port install fop</div>
        <div>$ which fop</div>
        <div>/opt/local/bin/fop</div>
      </div>
      <div><br clear="all">
        <div>otp_src_R15B01 barryh$ PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
          CC=/opt/local/bin/gcc-mp-4.5 CXX=/opt/local/bin/g++-mp-4.5
          ./configure --enable-m32-build --prefix=$HOME</div>
        <div>otp_src_R15B01 barryh$ make install</div>
        <div>
          <div>otp_src_R15B01 barryh$ which erl</div>
          <div>/Users/barryh/bin/erl</div>
        </div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>With a successful installation of the system, proceeding to
          install the documentation per instructions at <a href="http://www.erlang.org/doc/installation_guide/INSTALL.html#The-ErlangOTP-Documentation_How-to-Build-the-Documentation" target="_blank">http://www.erlang.org/doc/installation_guide/INSTALL.html#The-ErlangOTP-Documentation_How-to-Build-the-Documentation</a></div>

        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>otp_src_R15B01 barryh$ export
          PATH=$HOME/lib/erlang/bin:$PATH</div>
        <div>
          <div>otp_src_R15B01 barryh$ echo $PATH</div>
          <div>/Users/barryh/lib/erlang/bin:/Users/barryh/bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/Users/barryh/play-2.0.1:/Users/barryh/scala/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.2/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin</div>

        </div>
        <div>
          <div>otp_src_R15B01 barryh$ export FOP_OPTS="-Xmx8192m"</div>
          <div>otp_src_R15B01 barryh$ make docs</div>
        </div>
        <div>
          <div>otp_src_R15B01 barryh$ make install-docs</div>
          <div>ERL_TOP=/Users/barryh/otp_src_R15B01
            INSTALLROOT=/Users/barryh/lib/erlang
            PATH=/Users/barryh/otp_src_R15B01/bootstrap/bin:${PATH} \</div>
          <div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>make
            RELEASE_ROOT=/Users/barryh/lib/erlang release_docs</div>
          <div>PATH=/Users/barryh/otp_src_R15B01/bin:${PATH} escript
            /Users/barryh/otp_src_R15B01/lib/erl_docgen/priv/bin/xref_mod_app.escript
            -topdir /Users/barryh/otp_src_R15B01 -outfile
            /Users/barryh/otp_src_R15B01/make/i386-apple-darwin11.4.0/mod2app.xml</div>
          <div>escript: exception error: undefined function
            xmerl:export_simple/2</div>
          <div>  in function  erl_eval:do_apply/6 (erl_eval.erl, line
            572)</div>
          <div>  in call from erl_eval:expr/5 (erl_eval.erl, line 367)</div>
          <div>  in call from erl_eval:exprs/5 (erl_eval.erl, line 118)</div>
          <div>  in call from erl_eval:local_func/5 (erl_eval.erl, line
            470)</div>
          <div>  in call from escript:interpret/4 (escript.erl, line
            754)</div>
          <div>  in call from escript:start/1 (escript.erl, line 277)</div>
          <div>  in call from init:start_it/1 </div>
          <div>make[1]: *** [mod2app] Error 127</div>
          <div>make: *** [install-docs] Error 2</div>
        </div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>Comments:</div>
        <div>After some searching, it seems a similar issue has been
          encountered before. In particular, there were some reports
          following the release of R14B02 in March 2011, with commentary
          confirming the behavior on Ubuntu, CentOS, and Mac OS X. Here
          are links to the start of the related threads, one in
          erlang-questions and the other in erlang-bugs:</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div><a href="http://erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-questions/2011-March/057024.html" target="_blank">http://erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-questions/2011-March/057024.html</a></div>
        <div><a href="http://erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-bugs/2011-March/002247.html" target="_blank">http://erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-bugs/2011-March/002247.html</a></div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>I confirmed the presence of xmerl-X.X.X in the
          installation's lib directory:</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>
          <div>$ ls -Fla /Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/xmerl-1.3.1/</div>
          <div>total 0</div>
          <div>drwxr-xr-x   5 barryh  staff   170 Jun 14 13:18 ./</div>
          <div>drwxr-xr-x  58 barryh  staff  1972 Jun 14 13:18 ../</div>
          <div>drwxr-xr-x  37 barryh  staff  1258 Jun 14 13:18 ebin/</div>
          <div>drwxr-xr-x   5 barryh  staff   170 Jun 14 13:18 include/</div>
          <div>drwxr-xr-x  42 barryh  staff  1428 Jun 14 13:18 src/</div>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>I also confirmed that the xmerl module could be loaded in
            my shell using a small example from <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1227241/building-an-xmerl-document-in-erlang" target="_blank">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1227241/building-an-xmerl-document-in-erlang</a>.</div>

          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>
            <div>> Data = {myNode,[{foo,"Foo"},{bar,"Bar"}], []}.</div>
            <div>{myNode,[{foo,"Foo"},{bar,"Bar"}],[]}</div>
            <div>> lists:flatten(xmerl:export_simple([Data],
              xmerl_xml)).</div>
            <div>"<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><myNode foo=\"Foo\"
              bar=\"Bar\"/>"</div>
          </div>
        </div>
        <div>
          <div>> m().</div>
          <div>Module                File</div>
          <div>application          
            /Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/kernel-2.15.1/ebin/application.beam</div>
        </div>
        <div>...</div>
        <div>
          <div>xmerl                
            /Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/xmerl-1.3.1/ebin/xmerl.beam</div>
          <div>xmerl_lib            
            /Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/xmerl-1.3.1/ebin/xmerl_lib.beam</div>
          <div>xmerl_xml            
            /Users/barryh/lib/erlang/lib/xmerl-1.3.1/ebin/xmerl_xml.beam</div>
        </div>
        <div>...</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>I tried changing "#!/usr/bin/env escript" to
          "#!/Users/barryh/bin/escript" as mentioned in <a href="http://erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-questions/2011-March/057072.html" target="_blank">http://erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-questions/2011-March/057072.html</a>,
          but the behavior remained the same.</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>I also tried adding the source's bin directory to $PATH
          instead of the installed system's bin directory, but the
          behavior did not change:</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>
          <div>otp_src_R15B01 barryh$ export
            PATH=/Users/barryh/otp_src_R15B01/bin:$PATH</div>
          <div>otp_src_R15B01 barryh$ echo $PATH</div>
          <div>/Users/barryh/otp_src_R15B01/bin:/Users/barryh/bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/Users/barryh/play-2.0.1:/Users/barryh/scala/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.2/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin</div>

          <div>otp_src_R15B01 barryh$ make install-docs</div>
          <div>ERL_TOP=/Users/barryh/otp_src_R15B01
            INSTALLROOT=/Users/barryh/lib/erlang
            PATH=/Users/barryh/otp_src_R15B01/bootstrap/bin:${PATH} \</div>
          <div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>make
            RELEASE_ROOT=/Users/barryh/lib/erlang release_docs</div>
          <div>PATH=/Users/barryh/otp_src_R15B01/bin:${PATH} escript
            /Users/barryh/otp_src_R15B01/lib/erl_docgen/priv/bin/xref_mod_app.escript
            -topdir /Users/barryh/otp_src_R15B01 -outfile
            /Users/barryh/otp_src_R15B01/make/i386-apple-darwin11.4.0/mod2app.xml</div>
          <div>escript: exception error: undefined function
            xmerl:export_simple/2</div>
          <div>  in function  erl_eval:do_apply/6 (erl_eval.erl, line
            572)</div>
          <div>  in call from erl_eval:expr/5 (erl_eval.erl, line 367)</div>
          <div>  in call from erl_eval:exprs/5 (erl_eval.erl, line 118)</div>
          <div>  in call from erl_eval:local_func/5 (erl_eval.erl, line
            470)</div>
          <div>  in call from escript:interpret/4 (escript.erl, line
            754)</div>
          <div>  in call from escript:start/1 (escript.erl, line 277)</div>
          <div>  in call from init:start_it/1 </div>
          <div>make[1]: *** [mod2app] Error 127</div>
          <div>make: *** [install-docs] Error 2</div>
        </div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>Thanks in advance for any insight one may be able to
          provide, and apologies if I have overlooked some issue.</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>Regards,</div>
        -- <br>
        Barry Hawkins<br>
        twitter: @barryhawkins<br>
        blog: <a href="http://barryhawkins.com/blog/" target="_blank">http://barryhawkins.com/blog/</a><br>
        linkedin: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/barryhawkins" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/in/barryhawkins</a><br>
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