Cannot start SSL application in Erlang

[dconnelly@…]

Erlang was compiled with variant +smp. Starting the ssl application produces the following error:

nomad:~ dac$ erl
Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.5.5 [source] [async-threads:0] [hipe] [kernel-poll:false]

Eshell V5.5.5  (abort with ^G)
1> ssl:start().
sh: line 1: /opt/local/lib/erlang/lib/ssl-3.1.1.1/priv/bin/ssl_esock: No such file or directory
sh: line 1: exec: /opt/local/lib/erlang/lib/ssl-3.1.1.1/priv/bin/ssl_esock: cannot execute: No such file or directory
{error,{shutdown,{ssl_app,start,[normal,[]]}}}
=INFO REPORT==== 8-Sep-2007::04:19:13 ===
    application: ssl
    exited: {shutdown,{ssl_app,start,[normal,[]]}}
    type: temporary

It looks like ssl_esock is somehow not getting built in MacPorts although it is in the standard OTP source kit.

Thanks, David

[adfernandes (Andrew Fernandes)]

Replying to nox@macports.org: This was a PAIN IN THE REAR END to track down. I had the same problem, trying to run ejabberd.

It turns out that the erlang configure/build system silently fails on subsystem builds if things don't link. ARGH!

Attached is a patch to the current (R11-B5) build of erlang that gives you two variants: odbc and ssl. I built and tested with the +ssl +smp +odbc variants.

[adfernandes (Andrew Fernandes)]

Patches erlang R11-B5 for ssl and odbc

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Assigning to maintainer.

[blb@…]

SSL support was added in r31275, can the ODBC variant be added as well?

[(none)]

Milestone Port Bugs deleted

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

ODBC added in r71722.