On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 10:06:13AM +0200, Matej Kosik wrote:
Friends,
I maintain these Debian repositories: http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/3616
There are binary packages for i386 which work fine.
I am trying to build similar binary packages for amd64 architecture. This is motivated by recent "Squeak Debian Amd64 package" threat on this list. I am having troubles to understand how to do that (I am getting old and stupid, I guess) and seeking some help.
There is some general background information in a FAQ here: http://www.squeakvm.org/squeak64/faq.html
A list of the VM and plugin patches that I apply when building a 64 bit vm is here: http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/vm-dev/2007-December/001703.html
I am slightly puzzled what kind of image (32-bit or 64-bit) I need since I did not specified it --with-src. What is the default?
Don't worry about 64 bit images, that is a different issue entirely (see the FAQ for explanation).
If I try 64-bit image downloaded from here:
http://squeakvm.org/squeak64/dist3/Squeak64-3.8g-6548.image.tar.gz
This image unfortunately will not work with current VMs without some extra hacking, but don't worry about it because what you want is a 64 bit VM that runs 32 bit images.
Dave