Erlang R13A for MacPorts
UPDATE: Just selfupdate MacPorts if it isn't showing R12B (which is now released) and update erlang instead.
UPDATE: I have rewritten this article after reading Jim's comment on how to set up a local MacPorts repository.
Since there is not yet a Portfile for Erlang R13A in MacPorts I built one myself. MacPorts makes this remarkably easy since the Portfile format is so easy to read and write.
Save the following as ~/Desktop/Portfile:
# $Id$
PortSystem 1.0
name erlang
version R13A
revision 1
categories lang erlang
maintainers gmail.com:alain.odea
platforms darwin
description The Erlang Programming Language
long_description \
Erlang is a programming language designed at the \
Ericsson Computer Science Laboratory. Open-source \
Erlang is being released to help encourage the spread \
of Erlang outside Ericsson. \
\
We are releasing free of charge: \
The entire source code of the current Erlang \
system. \
Extensive libraries of code for building robust \
fault-tolerant distributed applications. \
All with documentation. \
\
All the above software has been battle tested in a \
number of Ericsson products, for example the new \
Ericsson ATM switch.
homepage http://www.erlang.org/
master_sites http://www.erlang.org/download/ \
http://www3.erlang.org/download/ \
http://www.csd.uu.se/ftp/mirror/erlang/download/ \
http://www1.erlang.org/download/
distfiles otp_src_${version}${extract.suffix} \
otp_doc_man_${version}${extract.suffix} \
otp_doc_html_${version}${extract.suffix}
checksums otp_src_R13A.tar.gz \
md5 76804ff9c18710184cf0c0230a0443fc \
sha1 9fa0db27611559d697fe269c3fb9a405ae24d147 \
rmd160 42ba3c4815fa702d19281f1d42faaec72a75c703 \
otp_doc_man_R13A.tar.gz \
md5 883e097796abd2cda4727fe3527dc1b6 \
sha1 98ce2fbc2daf7ec88ca38334412b9e85ca9cd53c \
rmd160 c082bda26b85cd6bd2ede8dd2c538e2ef50bbd2c \
otp_doc_html_R13A.tar.gz \
md5 2bbecc1c5537e0cd1c0fc406082b6c56 \
sha1 fb3ed9c0d619d8bbd70af5c6b0e4e90c49771e0d \
rmd160 873b30cd8c5f2617c62aba0314197c54097a27cf
extract.only otp_src_${version}${extract.suffix}
pre-patch { file rename ${workpath}/otp_src_${version} ${workpath}/${name}-${version} }
# http://www.erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-bugs/2008-October/001023.html
# http://www.erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-bugs/2008-October/001024.html
# http://support.process-one.net/browse/EUNIT-13
patchfiles patch-toolbar.erl \
patch-erts_emulator_Makefile.in \
patch-lib_ssl_c_src_esock_openssl.c \
patch-lib_ssl_c_src_Makefile.dist \
patch-lib_ssl_c_src_Makefile.in \
patch-decode_big.c.diff \
patch-decode_fun.c.diff \
patch-eunit_xml.diff
configure.args --prefix=${destroot}${prefix} \
--enable-kernel-poll \
--disable-smp-support \
--enable-hipe
variant smp description {enable symmetric multiprocessing} {
configure.args-delete --disable-smp-support
}
variant ssl description {enable SSL/TLS encryption} {
configure.args-append --with-ssl=${prefix}
configure.ldflags-append -lz
depends_build-append port:openssl
depends_run-append port:openssl
}
variant no_hipe description {disable HiPE native compilation support} {
# Currently produces bus errors in 10.5.3 due to changes in
# signal handling
configure.args-delete --enable-hipe
}
platform i386 {
pre-configure {
file copy ${filespath}/mach_override.h ${workpath}/${name}-${version}/erts/emulator/hipe
file copy ${filespath}/mach_override.c ${workpath}/${name}-${version}/erts/emulator/hipe
}
}
depends_build port:gawk \
port:wxWidgets
depends_run port:tk
post-destroot {
system "tar -C ${destroot}${prefix}/lib/erlang -zxvf ${distpath}/otp_doc_html_${version}${extract.suffix}"
system "tar -C ${destroot}${prefix}/lib/erlang -zxvf ${distpath}/otp_doc_man_${version}${extract.suffix}"
set erts_dir erts-5.7
reinplace s|${destroot}|| ${destroot}${prefix}/lib/erlang/bin/erl
reinplace s|${destroot}|| ${destroot}${prefix}/lib/erlang/bin/start
reinplace s|${destroot}|| ${destroot}${prefix}/lib/erlang/${erts_dir}/bin/erl
reinplace s|${destroot}|| ${destroot}${prefix}/lib/erlang/${erts_dir}/bin/start
foreach x {dialyzer ear ecc elink epmd erl erlc escript run_erl start to_erl typer} { file delete -force ${destroot}${prefix}/bin/${x} }
foreach x {dialyzer erl erlc escript run_erl start to_erl typer} { system "ln -s ../lib/erlang/bin/${x} ${destroot}${prefix}/bin/${x}" }
file delete -force ${destroot}${prefix}/lib/erlang/bin/epmd
system "ln -s ../${erts_dir}/bin/epmd ${destroot}${prefix}/lib/erlang/bin/epmd"
}
Save the following script to ~/Desktop/mkerlangport.sh:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
macports_repo=/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org
local_repo=/opt/local/var/macports/sources/local
sources=/opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf
port=lang/erlang
cat ${sources} | grep file://${local_repo} > /dev/null
if [ ! $? ]
then
tmpfile=`mktemp -t sources.conf`
cat ${sources} > ${tmpfile}
echo "file://${local_repo} [nosync]" | cat ${tmpfile} > ${sources}
fi
mkdir -p ${local_repo}/${port}/files
cp ${macports_repo}/release/ports/${port}/files/* ${local_repo}/${port}/files
cp ~/Desktop/Portfile ${local_repo}/${port}/Portfile
portindex ${local_repo}
Run this script in terminal as sudo bash ~/Desktop/mkerlangport.sh. It should report
Creating software index in /opt/local/var/macports/sources/local Adding port lang/erlang Total number of ports parsed: 1 Ports successfully parsed: 1 Ports failed: 0
Once you have created the Portfile and installed it as instructed above you can sudo port install erlang @R13A +smp +ssl to get R13A. If you have R12B already installed you should sudo port deactivate erlang first. I am not sure if upgrade works since I haven't tried it.
