Produce a better error message if qdate hasn't been started

Makefile

@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-REBAR_PATH = $(shell which rebar3)
+all: compile
 
-ifeq ($(REBAR_PATH),)
-REBAR = $(shell pwd)/rebar3
-else
-REBAR = rebar3
+# Check if rebar3.mk exists, and if not, download it
+ifeq ("$(wildcard rebar3.mk)","")
+$(shell curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/choptastic/rebar3.mk/master/rebar3.mk)
 endif
 
+# rebar3.mk adds a new rebar3 rule to your Makefile
+# (see https://github.com/choptastic/rebar3.mk) for full info
+include rebar3.mk
 
-all: compile
-
-compile:
+compile: rebar3
 	$(REBAR) compile
 
-update:
+update: rebar3
 	$(REBAR) update
 
 test: compile
@@ -28,11 +28,9 @@ dev:
 	cd _checkouts; git clone https://github.com/choptastic/qdate_localtime
 
 
-run:
+run: rebar3
 	$(REBAR) shell
 
-publish:
-	$(REBAR) as pkg upgrade
-	$(REBAR) as pkg hex publish
-	$(REBAR) upgrade
+publish: rebar3
+	$(REBAR) hex publish
 

rebar.config

@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@
 {deps,
  [
   erlware_commons,
-  {qdate_localtime, "1.2.0"}
+  {qdate_localtime, "~> 1.2.0"}
  ]}.

src/qdate.app.src

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
   {registered, []},
   {applications, [
                   kernel,
+                  stdlib,
                   qdate_localtime,
-                  erlware_commons,
-                  stdlib
+                  erlware_commons
                  ]},
   {modules, [qdate, qdate_srv, qdate_sup, qdate_app]},
   {env, []},

src/qdate_srv.erl

@@ -152,8 +152,26 @@ unset_env(Key) ->
     gen_server:call(?SERVER, {unset, ?KEY(Key)}).
 
 get_all_env(FilterTag) ->
-    All = ets:tab2list(?TABLE),
-    [{Key, V} || {{?BASETAG, {Tag, Key}}, V} <- All, Tag==FilterTag].
+    try ets:tab2list(?TABLE) of
+        All ->
+            [{Key, V} || {{?BASETAG, {Tag, Key}}, V} <- All, Tag==FilterTag]
+    catch
+        error:badarg:S ->
+            Msg = maybe_start_msg(),
+            logger:error(Msg),
+
+            error({qdate_get_all_env_failed, #{
+                original_error => {error, badarg, S}
+            }})
+    end.
+
+maybe_start_msg() ->
+    "Attempting to read qdate environment failed (qdate_srv:get_all_env/1).\n"
+    "qdate may not have been started properly.\n"
+    "Please ensure qdate is started properly by either:\n"
+    "* Putting qdate in the 'applications' key in your .app.src or .app file, or\n"
+    "* Starting it manually with application:ensure_all_started(qdate) or qdate:start().".
+
 
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