How do you package a lib with a NIF?

[dimitarvp]

@sribe

The key to leaving out start in the module is leaving out mod: ... in mix.exs –that results in it not trying to call start , and also seems to allow for dropping use Application

Yep, you can even see part of that in mix help new:

A --sup option can be given to generate an OTP application skeleton including a
supervision tree. Normally an app is generated without a supervisor and without
the app callback.