```ruby
#
# Author:: Joshua Timberman <joshua@chef.io>
# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2012, Chef Software, Inc. <legal@chef.io>
#
# 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
#
#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
#

default['erlang']['gui_tools'] = false
default['erlang']['install_method'] = 'package'

default['erlang']['source']['version'] = 'R15B01'
default['erlang']['source']['checksum'] = 'f94f7de7328af3c0cdc42089c1a4ecd03bf98ec680f47eb5e6cddc50261cabde'
default['erlang']['source']['build_flags'] = ''
default['erlang']['source']['cflags'] = ''

default['erlang']['esl']['version'] = nil
default['erlang']['esl']['lsb_codename'] = node['lsb'] ? node['lsb']['codename'] : 'no_lsb'
```

Update to newer version of erlang
user
```ruby
#
# Author:: Joshua Timberman <joshua@chef.io>
# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2012, Chef Software, Inc. <legal@chef.io>
#
# 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
#
#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
#

default['erlang']['gui_tools'] = false
default['erlang']['install_method'] = 'package'

default['erlang']['source']['version'] = 'R16B03'
default['erlang']['source']['checksum'] = '6133b3410681a5c934e54c76eee1825f96dead8d6a12c31a64f6e160daf0bb06'
default['erlang']['source']['build_flags'] = ''
default['erlang']['source']['cflags'] = ''

default['erlang']['esl']['version'] = nil
default['erlang']['esl']['lsb_codename'] = node['lsb'] ? node['lsb']['codename'] : 'no_lsb'
```
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