[Buildroot] [PATCH v6 16/16] ejabberd: new package.

[Johan Oudinet]

Thomas, All,

On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Thomas Petazzoni
<thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com> wrote:
>> +EJABBERD_DEPENDENCIES = openssl host-erlang-lager erlang-lager \
>
> I'm interested in hearing a bit more about the host-erlang-lager
> dependency. Why would ejabberd need a logging framework built for the
> host? This seems weird.

I also think it's weird but otherwise ejabberd compilation failed at
src/gen_mod.erl, which includes include/logger.hrl.
At line 23 of this file there is such statement:
-compile([{parse_transform, lager_transform}]).
And lager_transform is provided by erlang-lager.

I'm not an erlang guru but from lager documentation, it says this line
must be added to "the module you wish to compile with logging
enabled".
So, I guess it needs host-erlang-lager to add such capability to the
erlang compiler.
If an erlang expert reads this, it probably can provide a better explanation.

-- 
Johan