> On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 04:50:12PM +0100, Paul Carey wrote: >> After reading around I get the impression that this might be related to >> openssl and the crypto library in erlang. Indeed, running >> crytpo.start(). from erl fails with ** exception error: bad function >> 'crypto.start' > > Yup, that's exactly what it is. Try uninstalling Erlang and reinstalling. > > If that doesn't work, it may be a MacPorts problem, you could try from source.
Thanks for your advice. Uninstalling and reinstalling Erlang didn't help, but I did observe that $macport_home/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-1.5.1.1 is empty apart from a docs dir and an info file. Upgrading openssl to openssl 0.9.8h_0 made no difference. Installing Erlang from source elicited no errors, and the crypto dir is populated, but crypto.start(). stil gives me the same error ** exception error: bad function 'crypto.start' The Erlang readme states that the build is tested on OS X 10.5.3, so I may try using Ubuntu in VMWare in the short term until it's tested on 10.5.4. Paul
