Blacklist known bad Erlang releases, fixes #1857

.travis.yml

@@ -3,8 +3,13 @@ os: linux
 dist: trusty
 
 otp_release:
+   - 21.2.3
+   - 21.2
    - 21.1
-   - 20.3
+   - 21
+   - 20.3.8.11
+   - 20.3.8.10
+   - 20
    - 19.3
 
 addons:

rebar.config.script

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+%% -*- erlang -*-
 % Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
 % use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
 % the License at
@@ -10,6 +11,40 @@
 % License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 % the License.
 
+%
+% Blacklist some bad releases.
+%
+{ok, Version} = file:read_file(filename:join(
+    [code:root_dir(), "releases", erlang:system_info(otp_release), "OTP_VERSION"]
+)).
+
+% Version may be binary if file has /n at end :(
+% there is no string:trim/1 in Erlang 19 :(
+VerString = case Version of
+    V when is_binary(V) -> string:strip(binary_to_list(V), right, $\n);
+    _ -> string:strip(Version, right, $\n)
+end.
+VerList = lists:map(fun(X) -> {Int, _} = string:to_integer(X), Int end,
+    string:tokens(VerString, ".")).
+
+NotSupported = fun(Ver) ->
+    io:fwrite("CouchDB does not support this version of Erlang (~p)~n.", [Ver]),
+    io:fwrite("Check https://docs.couchdb.org/en/latest/whatsnew/index.html for the"),
+    io:fwrite("latest information on supported releases."),
+    halt().
+end.
+
+case VerList of
+    [20] -> NotSupported(Version);
+    [20, _] -> NotSupported(Version);
+    [20, _, _] -> NotSupported(Version);
+    [20, 3, 8, N] when N >= 11 -> ok;
+    [20, 3, 9 | _] -> ok;
+    [21, 2] -> NotSupported(Version);
+    [21, 2, N | _] when N < 3 -> NotSupported(Version);
+    _ -> ok
+end.
+
 % Set the path to the configuration environment generated
 % by `./configure`.