Somehow file eimd5.h is missing. Expected to be found in: /usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_interface-3.7.5/src/misc/eimd5.h as part of erlang-erl_interface-R14B-04.1.fc16.x86_64 package.
Is src/misc/eimd5.h really part of the EI API? The location of eimd5.h suggests that it is not, and thus is rightly not shipped.
Looks like this could be workarounded by using openssl/md5.h in user's code. Still I think it would be good to include Erlang's src/misc/eimd5.h in the distribution, as is done in Erlang Solution's rpms. Just for consistency.
Unfortunately the Erlang distribution didn't do a complete job at properly exporting all functions needed to connect to an Erlang node in non-blocking manner. Hence some low-level function calls are needed from erl_interface-3.7.5/src/*/*.h headers which are actually included in ei.a. See for example eixx project using ei (https://github.com/saleyn/eixx) As a result this request definitely has a merit!
Since Erlang distribution is already divided into enormously big amount of small packages, I think it would be easy to add one more - erlang-erl_interface-dev or erlang-erl_interface-src package including the whole /usr/lib/erlang/lib/erl_interface-$vsn/src to cover this need.
erlang-R15B-01.4.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/erlang-R15B-01.4.fc16
erlang-R15B-01.4.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/erlang-R15B-01.4.fc17
Folks. sorry for the delay. Please try these packages. Beware - these ones are with R15B and here is a list of added/removed functions between R14 and R15: * http://peter.fedorapeople.org/R14-R15.diff.log
Package erlang-R15B-01.4.fc16: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 16 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing erlang-R15B-01.4.fc16' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-9926/erlang-R15B-01.4.fc16 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
erlang-R15B-01.4.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
erlang-R15B-01.4.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.