module dependencies between applications when using .appup files

[Dowse, Malcolm]

Hi,

 

I have a question about the release handler and .appup files.

 

I have two applications, app, and app_common, and a release which uses
both. app_common is a dependency of app. So if app is running,
app_common will be too.. but not the opposite.

 

It is possible to force a module in app_common to load before one in
app. You specify {load_module, app_module, [app_common_module]} in
app.appup. This isn't very elegant, but it definitely works.

 

The problem I'm having is that when upgrading the release, I want to
load a module in app before I load one in app_common. Without a command
like {load_module, app_module, [{reverse_dependency,
app_common_module}]} there seems to be no way of doing this. Adding
{load_module, app_common_module, [app_module]} to app_common.appup is
out of the question.

 

Can anyone tell me any clever tricks/hacks to get around this?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Malcolm