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diff --git a/doc/erlang-users-guide.xml b/doc/erlang-users-guide.xml index 778d6e709b14..074ae50b1c05 100644 --- a/doc/erlang-users-guide.xml +++ b/doc/erlang-users-guide.xml @@ -3,6 +3,23 @@ xml:id="users-guide-to-the-erlang-infrastructure"> <title>User's Guide to the Erlang Infrastructure</title> +<section xml:id="build-tools"> + <title>Build Tools</title> + <para> + By default Rebar3 wants to manage it's own dependencies. In the + normal non-Nix, this is perfectly acceptable. In the Nix world it + is not. To support this we have created two versions of rebar3, + <literal>rebar3</literal> and <literal>rebar3-open</literal>. The + <literal>rebar3</literal> version has been patched to remove the + ability to download anything from it. If you are not running it a + nix-shell or a nix-build then its probably not going to work for + you. <literal>rebar3-open</literal> is the normal, un-modified + rebar3. It should work exactly as would any other version of + rebar3. Any Erlang package should rely on + <literal>rebar3</literal> and thats really what you should be + using too. + </para> +</section> <section xml:id="how-to-install-erlang-packages"> <title>How to install Erlang packages</title> |