[Win32] VM update (3.2 release candidate)

Bruce ONeel beoneel at bluewin.ch
Mon May 6 13:30:34 UTC 2002


Hi,

Thanks, this is up on the ftp site now.

ftp://st.cs.uiuc.edu/pub/Smalltalk/Squeak/3.2gamma/win

cheers

bruce


"Andreas Raab" <Andreas.Raab at gmx.de> wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> I've finally found some time to wrap up a release candidate VM for 3.2. 
> This VM is the first which is built based on VMMaker and the SourceForge
> code base (which has undergone a few major changes in the Win32 area for
> this purpose). The VM is available at http://squeak.sourceforge.net/ -
> I've decided it's time to put the SF file release system to some good
> use here. To download:
> * Click on the "download" button of "Squeak-Win32" in the file releases
> * Choose either 
> 	Squeak-Win32-3.2.1-D3D.zip (3.2.1 w/ D3D support)
> 	Squeak-Win32-3.2.1-GL.zip  (3.2.1 w/ OpenGL support)
> 	Squeak-Win32-3.2.1-src.zip (3.2.1 source code)
> 
> **** IMPORTANT NOTES****
> 
> #1: Since this is the very first release using the SF code base and
> VMMaker it is UNTESTED. I've been running it for the last days though,
> and it feels pretty good. If you have problems, let me know.
> 
> #2: Also, the VM now _includes_ both JPEGReadWriter2Plugin as well as
> the MPEG3Plugin. Thus, if you have any "JPEGReadWriter2Plugin.dll" or
> "MPEG3Plugin.dll" hanging around, you should DELETE both of them.
> 
> #3: This release candidate is intended to be a testbed. It contains some
> important fixes but I'm already working on 3.2.2 which will fix a number
> of additional issues.
> 
> **** VM Building ****
> 
> For an "out-of-the-box" build you need to download and install the 
> a) the 3.2.1 sources 
> b) the win32 tool chain 
> (both of which are at http://squeak.sourceforge.net/) Once you've
> installed the tool chain (see the enclosed readme file on how to do
> this) you can just open a dos shell, cd into the "3.2.1/win32"
> subdirectory, type "build" and watch the VM being built. If that doesn't
> work, the setup of your toolchain is broken.
> 
> If you want to build your own customized VM you need to file in the
> VMMaker change sets into a 3.2 image (****NOT**** 3.3). The change sets
> are provided in the release bundle (see the "extras" directory). Once
> you've filed in these changes you need to:
> 
> * Set the base directory to the place where you extracted the above
> release (e.g., something like "C:\Squeak\3.2.1" - this directory must
> contain the "Cross" and the "Win32" directory from the release)
> 
> * Add the plugins you want to be either internal or external
>   [WARNING: Currently, all plugins are known to work internally. 
>    No tests have been performed about plugins working externally.
>    They _may_ work - or perhaps not]
> 
> * "Generate all" and wait a little
> 
> * open a dos shell "cd" into the "3.2.1/win32" directory, type "build"
> 
> * and get your VM.
> 
> It's never been easier (well, almost ;-)
> 
> Enjoy,
>   - Andreas



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