On Sun, 30 Apr 2000 jchludzinski@grci.com wrote:
I'm currently having a lot of trouble with 2.7 failing (e.g. I try to accept a new method only to have the debug window pop up; when I try to dismiss it, it returns - again & again & again ...; semaphore logic that works fine on VW locks up on 2.7, etc. etc. etc.).
It kind of sounds like your saved image might be messed up. (Messing with the Semaphore class could easily do this, I'm guessing. :-) ) Generally, you should keep a clean (unmodified) 2.7 image around, and file in your changes separately. (Apologies if you're already doing this.)
I don't know if updating to 2.8alpha would help but it can't hurt. If so, how do I do this using EToySystem?
I notice that there were a couple of methods changed in Semaphore about a week ago in 2.8alpha, so it might be worth a try.
There are directions on how to update to 2.8alpha on the Squeak FAQ on the Squeak Swiki. (the Squeak FAQ is also linked from the www.squeak.org page.)
(Also note the update-from-server bug which I just posted about. If you're on Windows or a Mac, updating from 2.7 to 2.8alpha will take a very long time. You might be better off fetching the 2.8alpha image & changes files from www.squeak.org directly.)
- Doug Way EAI/Transom Technologies, Ann Arbor, MI http://www.transom.com dway@mat.net, @eai.com