[erlang-questions] Copying applications between different OTP versions

[Kirill Zaborski]

OK, I understand that.
I installed the latest version R11B-5 on target system, made an erlang
installation erts/bin folder copy put releases and lib folder from the
release I made run my boot script it was made with R11B and it seems like
libraries from R11B are not compatible with R11B-5 I receive the following
crash:

{error_logger,{{2007,6,25},{0,34,39}},"~s~n",["beam/beam_load.c(1148): Error
loading function erl_ddll:module_info/1: op int_code_end: :\n  exported
function loaded_drivers/0 redefines BIF\n"]}
{error_logger,{{2007,6,25},{0,34,39}},supervisor_report,[{supervisor,{local,kernel_sup}},{errorContext,start_error},{reason,{'EXIT',{undef,[{erl_ddll,start_link,[]},{supervisor,do_start_child,2},{supervisor,start_children,3},{supervisor,init_children,2},{gen_server,init_it,6},{proc_lib,init_p,5}]}}},{offender,[{pid,undefined},{name,ddll_server},{mfa,{erl_ddll,start_link,[]}},{restart_type,permanent},{shutdown,2000},{child_type,worker}]}]}
{error_logger,{{2007,6,25},{0,34,39}},crash_report,[[{pid,<0.7.0
>},{registered_name,[]},{error_info,{shutdown,{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}}},{initial_call,{application_master,init,[<
0.5.0>,<0.6.0
>,{appl_data,kernel,[application_controller,erl_reply,auth,boot_server,code_server,disk_log_server,disk_log_sup,erl_prim_loader,error_logger,file_server,file_server_2,fixtable_server,global_group,global_name_server,heart,init,kernel_config,kernel_sup,net_kernel,net_sup,rex,user,os_server,ddll_server,erl_epmd,inet_db,pg2],undefined,{kernel,[]},[application,application_controller,application_master,application_starter,auth,code,code_aux,packages,code_server,dist_util,erl_boot_server,erl_distribution,erl_prim_loader,erl_reply,erlang,error_handler,error_logger,file,file_server,old_file_server,file_io_server,prim_file,global,global_group,global_search,group,heart,hipe_unified_loader,inet6_tcp,inet6_tcp_dist,inet6_udp,inet_config,inet_hosts,inet_gethost_native,inet_tcp_dist,init,kernel,kernel_config,net,net_adm,net_kernel,os,ram_file,rpc,user,user_drv,user_sup,disk_log,disk_log_1,disk_log_server,disk_log_sup,dist_ac,erl_ddll,erl_epmd,erts_debug,gen_tcp,gen_udp,prim_inet,inet,inet_db,inet_dns,inet_parse,inet_res,inet_tcp,inet_udp,pg2,seq_trace,wrap_log_reader,zlib,otp_ring0],[],infinity,infinity},normal]}},{ancestors,[<
0.6.0>]},{messages,[{'EXIT',<0.8.0>,normal}]},{links,[<0.6.0>,<0.5.0
>]},{dictionary,[]},{trap_exit,true},{status,running},{heap_size,987},{stack_size,21},{reductions,2063}],[]]}
{error_logger,{{2007,6,25},{0,34,39}},std_info,[{application,kernel},{exited,{shutdown,{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}}},{type,permanent}]}
{"Kernel pid
terminated",application_controller,"{application_start_failure,kernel,{shutdown,{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}}}"}

So I must always have the same OTP version on development and target system?
And then what is the reason to redistribute OTP parts with application
releases?
Maybe I miss some important part of release handling but at the moment it
looks somewhat inconsistent to me.

Regards,
Kirill

On 6/24/07, Ulf Wiger <ulf@REDACTED> wrote:
>
> The .rel and .boot files have path names with explicit version
> numbers in them, so the loader will not be able to find the
> files, if you use a boot file with a different version of OTP.
>
> BR,
> Ulf W
>
> 2007/6/24, Kirill Zaborski <qrilka@REDACTED>:
> > Do I understand right that I can not copy my application to an older OTP
> > installation? E.g. If I make my app (boot-files and so on) with the
> latest
> > OTP R11B-5 and the target system has R10B-10 (just a bit older than 1
> year).
> > If I run my boot file I get
> > {"init terminating in do_boot",{'cannot load',error_handler,get_file}}
> >
> > System Principles in OTP documentation uses target_system.erl but which
> is
> > not a part of OTP and I wonder why?
> > And also it is useful for creating target system in the same OS and what
> if
> > I run a Windows workstation and production code should run on some kind
> of
> > Unix?
> > As I understand to be able to install an application I need to have
> access
> > to releases and lib directories of Erlang system so I copy myapp.tar.gzand
> > then run release_handler:unpack_release(ReleaseName) and
> > release_handler:install_release(Vsn). Am I right?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Kirill.
> >
> >
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