[Vm-dev] Joys of Squeak-dev image, VM Compiling on MacIntel and Spoon remote OtherBrowsing

Andreas Raab andreas.raab at gmx.de
Fri Apr 20 04:36:28 UTC 2007


 > Who do i get to sign my certificate? :)

Not bad. You certainly qualify. Tell me where to send it to :)

Cheers,
   - Andreas

Ken G. Brown wrote:
>  
> MacPro OS X 10.4.9
> Xcode 2.4.1
> Squeak-dev-114-2, VMMaker 2.8b6.1, Squeak 3.8.15beta6U.app, and version 1657 of svn MacOS VM sources, and Spoon v2a12.
> 
> Downloaded http://www.squeakvm.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/ trunk version 1657 for MacOS
> 
> Ran squeak-dev-beta-114-2.image on Squeak 3.8.15beta6U.app
> 
> Loaded VMMaker 3.8b6.1 from dev image Universes.
> 
> Generated vm sources by following instructions in
> <http://www.squeakvm.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/platforms/Mac%20OS/vm/Documentation/readme?rev=1657&view=auto>
> 
> Fought with Xcode wanting to use MacOSX10.3.9.sdk for ppc which was giving an error which was known and documented in the Readme.
> Finally figured out what Xcode wanted so built universal app just using 10.4.9 sdk.
> 
> Couple issues:
> 
> Exupery references remain in sqnamedPrims.h and sqPlatformSpecific.h from svn version 1657, I just commented them out.
> 
> Notes said:
> Info-NPSqueak__Upgraded_.plist was to be found in the Developer directory.
> I could not find it so scammed a info.plist out of John's Squeak 3.8.15beta6U.app vm. Not sure what impact this has.
> 
> And much, much diddling about figuring out various things...
> 
> Finally got a build.  It's a lot smaller (3.9MB) than John McIntosh's Squeak 3.8.15beta6U.app (8.1MB), and it looks like it is a PowerPC one but at least it runs. I'll look into the Xcode build process some more.
> 
> Then:
> 
> Replaced interp.c with Craig's interp.c for Spoon, rebuilt and got a VM with Spoon client stuff.
> 
> Downloaded Spoon release 2a12.
> 
> Moved a copy of Flow plugin from within Craig's naiad.app package into a plugins subdirectory where the new spoon client compatible MacIntel universal VM was run from. Followed Craig's Spoon instructions for loading niaid.st and niaid.pr into the 3.10 image (Squeak-dev-114-2) running on the new VM.
> 
> Did the run spoon.app thing from Spoon.dmg (version 2a12), needs to be done twice if Safari is not running. Got Spoon processor running.
> 
> Followed instructions again in the Spoon client and lo! Got OtherBrowser browsing the Spoon memory running on processor.
> 
> Yay Craig!
> 
> Who do i get to sign my certificate? :)
> 
> Ken
> 



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