[erlang-questions] new ssl vs embedded mode

[Doug Fort]

On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Attila Rajmund Nohl <
attila.r.nohl@REDACTED> wrote:

> 2009/12/14, Doug Fort <doug.fort@REDACTED>:
> > On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Dan Gudmundsson
> [...]
> >> Have you remembered to load the public_key application,
> >> which is required by ssl if new_ssl is used?
> >>
> >> aha! That's it! It works fine in embedded mode when I add {public_key,
> > "0.4"} to the release file. Sorry about the confusion and thanks for your
> > help.
>
> By the way, wouldn't it be feasible if ssl would automatically start
> public_key and crypto? Some really stupid errors could be avoided
> (guess what application I forgot to start)...
>
> The problem is not starting them, but having them available in embedded
mode.

See 1.4 here
http://www.erlang.org/doc/system_principles/system_principles.html

Even if there were some way to start them implicitly, I would rather have
them declared explicitly in the release file (now that I know).
-- 
Doug Fort, Consulting Programmer
http://www.dougfort.com
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