[Buildroot] [PATCH] erlang: set ERL_TOP to avoid using user's version

Frank Hunleth fhunleth at troodon-software.com
Sat Feb 18 21:01:11 UTC 2017


Explicitly set the ERL_TOP environment variable to override values set
on a user's system. This prevents Erlang's configure scripts from
using source files outside of the ones that Buildroot downloaded.

Signed-off-by: Frank Hunleth <fhunleth at troodon-software.com>
---
 package/erlang/erlang.mk | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/package/erlang/erlang.mk b/package/erlang/erlang.mk
index 3200c38..364085c 100644
--- a/package/erlang/erlang.mk
+++ b/package/erlang/erlang.mk
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ ERLANG_CONF_ENV += erl_xcomp_sysroot=$(STAGING_DIR)
 
 ERLANG_CONF_OPTS = --without-javac
 
+# Force ERL_TOP to the downloaded source directory. This prevents
+# Erlang's configure script from inadvertantly using files from
+# a version of Erlang installed on the host.
+ERLANG_CONF_ENV += ERL_TOP=$(@D)
+HOST_ERLANG_CONF_ENV += ERL_TOP=$(@D)
+
 # erlang uses openssl for all things crypto. Since the host tools (such as
 # rebar) uses crypto, we need to build host-erlang with support for openssl.
 HOST_ERLANG_DEPENDENCIES = host-openssl
-- 
2.7.4



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