[V3dot10] Loading complicated packages in reduced images

Keith Hodges keith_hodges at yahoo.co.uk
Mon Jun 23 22:19:38 UTC 2008


Edgar J. De Cleene wrote:
>
> El 6/23/08 6:21 PM, "Keith Hodges" <keith_hodges at yahoo.co.uk> escribió:
>
>   
>> I do read carefully. Installer and Sake/Packages were explicitly
>> designed for minimal images which do not have all that you may need.
>> That was the very reason for designing them in the first place.
>>     
> I glad you discover the Philosophical Stone.
>
>   
>> You put the dependency into Sake/Packages for the image that you are
>> building and it can decide if it needs to load some additional glue
>> package that provides the missing capability.
>>     
>
> But you have the packages now and no glue, if you have the dependencies a la
> Monticello and all the url for deal with, only you need CodeLoader, in image
> from 1999 long before you and me "found" Squeak.
>
> So is a Chicken and Egg.
>
>   
>> The real trouble being?
>>     
>
> People sure his solution is universal and unique.
> I know I need learn a lot :=)
>
> Edgar
>   
You may want to try Monticello1.5 it doesnt throw up an error if a 
package does not load perfectly. It places methods which do not load 
into the orphanage.

Keith



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