[erlang-questions] Need help with systools:make_tar/2

Serge Aleynikov saleyn@REDACTED
Mon Aug 18 14:31:18 CEST 2008


This is what you need to do:

Suppose your app's directory tree is as follows:
simpledb/
simpledb/ebin/simpledb.app
simpledb/priv/simpledb.rel

$ cd /path/to/your/simpledb
$ erl -pa ./ebin
1> systools:make_tar("./priv/simpledb", [{dirs, [doc,include]}, {erts, 
code:root_dir()}]).

This will create ./priv/simpledb.tar.gz

Regarding the WARNINGS - just ignore them.  What they mean is that SASL 
is finding that the mentioned source files have been modified (i.e. 
their timestamps changed) after they were compiled into beams.

Regards,

Serge

Matt Williamson wrote:
> No problem, I hope someone can help though :)
> 
> I have two projects with the same problem and I have not seen make_tar run
> successfully to date.
> 
> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 7:53 AM, Mazen Harake
> <mazen@REDACTED>wrote:
> 
>> Sorry all... This is what happens when you read something and answer
>> quickly :(
>>
>> Completly ignore what I just wrote :P
>>
>> /Mazen
>>
>> Mazen Harake wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Mat,
>>>
>>> Answers inline...
>>>
>>> Matt Williamson wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi there,
>>>>
>>>> I have an OTP app with the following simpledb.rel file:
>>>>
>>>> /{release, {"simpledb", "1.0"}, {erts, "5.5.5"},
>>>>      [{simpledb, "1.0"},
>>>>       {kernel, "2.11.5"},
>>>>       {stdlib, "1.14.5"}]}./
>>>>
>>>> And the following simpledb.app file:
>>>>
>>>> /{application, simpledb,
>>>>    [{description, "Stores Key, Value pairs."},
>>>>     {id, "simpledb"},
>>>>     {vsn, "1.0"},
>>>>     {modules, [simpledb_app, simpledb_sup, simpledb_svr]},
>>>>     {mod, {simpledb_app, []}},
>>>> /
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Why do you have an empty list here? mod specifies modules for application
>>> simpledb... and empty list ("") is not a valid module name :)
>>>
>>>
>>>> /     {registered, [simpledb_svr]},
>>>>
>>>>     {applications, [kernel, stdlib]}]}./
>>>>
>>>> When I run `systools:make_tar("simpledb", [{path, ["ebin"]}])` I get the
>>>> following error:
>>>>
>>>> /{{case_clause,
>>>>     {'EXIT',
>>>>         {function_clause,
>>>>             [{filename,join,[[]]},
>>>>              {systools_make,add_appl,7},
>>>>              {systools_make,'-add_applications/5-fun-0-',6},
>>>>              {lists,foldl,3},
>>>>              {systools_make,add_applications,5},
>>>>              {systools_make,mk_tar,6},
>>>>              {systools_make,mk_tar,5},
>>>>              {systools_make,make_tar,2}]}}},
>>>>  [{systools_make,'-add_applications/5-fun-0-',6},
>>>>  {lists,foldl,3},
>>>>  {systools_make,add_applications,5},
>>>>  {systools_make,mk_tar,6},
>>>>  {systools_make,mk_tar,5},
>>>>  {systools_make,make_tar,2},
>>>>  {erl_eval,do_apply,5},
>>>>  {escript,code_handler,4}]}/
>>>>
>>>> `systools:make_script("simpledb", [{path, ["ebin"]}])` works fine.
>>>>
>>>> Also if you know why I get the following junk, it would be forever
>>>> thankful:
>>>>
>>>> /*WARNING* kernel: Object code (application) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (application_controller) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (application_master) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (application_starter) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (auth) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (code) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (code_aux) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (packages) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (code_server) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (dist_util) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (erl_boot_server) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (erl_distribution) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (erl_prim_loader) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (erl_reply) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (erlang) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (error_handler) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (error_logger) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (file) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (file_server) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (file_io_server) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (prim_file) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (global) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (global_group) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (global_search) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (group) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (heart) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (hipe_unified_loader) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (inet6_tcp) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (inet6_tcp_dist) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (inet6_udp) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (inet_config) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (inet_hosts) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (inet_gethost_native) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (inet_tcp_dist) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (init) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (kernel) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (kernel_config) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (net) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (net_adm) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (net_kernel) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (os) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (ram_file) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (rpc) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (user) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (user_drv) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (user_sup) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (disk_log) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (disk_log_1) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (disk_log_server) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (disk_log_sup) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (dist_ac) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (erl_ddll) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (erl_epmd) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (erts_debug) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (gen_tcp) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (gen_udp) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (gen_sctp) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (prim_inet) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (inet) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (inet_db) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (inet_dns) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (inet_parse) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (inet_res) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (inet_tcp) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (inet_udp) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (inet_sctp) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (pg2) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (seq_trace) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (wrap_log_reader) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (zlib) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* kernel: Object code (otp_ring0) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (base64) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (beam_lib) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (c) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (calendar) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (dets) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (dets_server) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (dets_sup) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (dets_utils) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (dets_v8) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (dets_v9) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (dict) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (digraph) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (digraph_utils) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (edlin) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (edlin_expand) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (epp) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (eval_bits) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (erl_bits) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (erl_compile) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (erl_eval) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (erl_expand_records) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (erl_internal) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (erl_lint) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (erl_parse) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (erl_posix_msg) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (erl_pp) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (erl_scan) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (erl_tar) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (error_logger_file_h) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (error_logger_tty_h) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (escript) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (ets) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (file_sorter) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (filelib) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (filename) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (gb_trees) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (gb_sets) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (gen) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (gen_event) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (gen_fsm) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (gen_server) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (io) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (io_lib) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (io_lib_format) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (io_lib_fread) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (io_lib_pretty) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (lib) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (lists) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (log_mf_h) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (math) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (ms_transform) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (orddict) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (ordsets) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (otp_internal) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (pg) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (pool) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (proc_lib) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (proplists) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (qlc) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (qlc_pt) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (queue) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (random) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (regexp) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (sets) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (shell) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (shell_default) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (slave) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (sofs) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (string) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (supervisor) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (supervisor_bridge) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (sys) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (timer) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (win32reg) out of date
>>>> *WARNING* stdlib: Object code (zip) out of date/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot!
>>>>
>>>> Matt
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>>>
>>
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