Mac VM 3.0.5MT (Danger Danger)
Raab, Andreas
Andreas.Raab at disney.com
Wed Feb 14 01:32:54 UTC 2001
Ahem. Sorry for the confusion. Happens when you write email while talking on
the phone. You hit reply on the wrong message and there you have it...
- Andreas
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raab, Andreas [mailto:Andreas.Raab at disney.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 5:21 PM
> To: 'squeak at cs.uiuc.edu'
> Cc: recipient list not shown
> Subject: RE: Mac VM 3.0.5MT (Danger Danger)
>
>
> Ted,
>
> Did these happen in a fully updated image?
>
> - Andreas
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dan Ingalls [mailto:Dan.Ingalls at disney.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 4:49 PM
> > To: squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
> > Cc: recipient list not shown
> > Subject: Re: Mac VM 3.0.5MT (Danger Danger)
> >
> >
> > >>Well, it's likely a bug with the new gamma image, since I
> > can use the
> > >>old image updated through the 3.1alpha stream just fine,
> > with both the
> > >>old and new VM.
> > >
> > >Ya, but if the image is corrupt, then it's my fault, since the VM
> > >must have alters some bits somewhere it should not have!
> > >
> > >I know it lkupClass gets set to 8, which is a bad thing if
> > you follow
> > >the logic. Thus I must assume some VM Code I've changed has
> > >introduced usage of a bad pointer somewhere which trashs just the
> > >right value.
> >
> > Folks -
> >
> > I think this is not a problem with the VM nor with the image.
> > There is no guarantee that the fully updated image can run
> > the 3.1 updates from the beginning, since they essentially
> > repeat the same updates, but under the wrong conditions. As
> > soon as I get a chance, I'll change the end-of-3.0 bumper
> > file and make it smarter in this regard (should start at
> > #3584 (yet to come)).
> >
> > - Dan
> >
> >
>
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