[GitHub] wohali commented on issue #1757: Startup script breaks relative paths

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wohali commented on issue #1757: Startup script breaks relative paths
URL: https://github.com/apache/couchdb/issues/1757#issuecomment-441139416
 
 
   @natevw The problem comes down to the search path for the embedded Erlang we use in our release process to find all of its libraries. This is a break from CouchDB 1.x where the system Erlang was used; in 2.x releases include their own Erlang runtime and need no OS-level Erlang installed.
   
   We do work around this limitation over in the `dev\run` script for development instances, but it requires a copious amount of `-pa` flags to the `erl` binary, see https://github.com/apache/couchdb/blob/master/dev/run#L420-L449 for the gory details.
   
   Due to max argument limitations esp. on Windows the cd makes things a lot easier at the very least; I don't know if absolute paths are strictly required.
   
   If you want to experiment with this and put up a PR, we'll certainly consider it for inclusion. Be sure to alter `couchdb.cmd` as well as `couchdb` when you make your PR or it'll be rejected. ;)

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