[Vm-dev] current steps for Mac VM build?

Wed Apr 15 02:31:52 UTC 2009

Thanks very much for the info.  But unfortunately now much more confused
than before.

I'm deploying on OSX 10.5.6 (intel)

Following the steps Andreas Raab listed (and if he's confused, then I'm
feeling hopeless):
- Which "Speech" to download from Squeak-39-alpha (there are several
Speech-* files there)?
- "Load Freetype somehow"? Is this resolved?

The instructions linked by John in that message are the same I was
following for the 3.8-6665 image build with VMMaker-3.8.b6, which in turn
recommends src-tree revision 1444.

Questions raised:
1) Which (all?) of the three files do I install for VMMaker from
SqueakSource? Does the order matter?
2) Which "Speech" files, and others besides Balloon3D, are also
prerequisites?
2) If rev 1444 still the one to use with a 3.10 image? Or the latest 1963?
3) Which specialChangeSets need to be filed in for correct version of the
above? (the files in the link don't match the specialChangeSets folder for
either rev 1444 or 1967)
4) Is there a set of instructions more up to date than the link in the
message?

Thanks once more
Jay

> At 1:36 AM +0100 4/15/09, Jay Hardesty apparently wrote:
>>
>>Hi - I've built VM's numerous times in the past, but currently having
>>no luck trying to build a Mac Carbon VM on a Intel Mac running 10.5.6,
>>using Xcode 3.1.3.
>>
>>In short (more detail below), I get a link error: library not found
>>for lcrt1.10.5.o
>>
>>Details for the 3.8-image-6665 src-rev-1444 attempt (leaving aside
>>details of the previous attempt using a 3.10 image src-rev-1963 that
>>ended up with sqVirtualMachine.o undefined's):
>>
>>Following the readme (platforms/Mac OS/vm/Documentation/readme.txt) I
>>took a basic 3.8 image version 6665, installed Balloon3D, and
>>VMMaker-3.8b6.
>>
>>Downloaded version 1444 of the svn source tree (based on the comment
>>in the VMMaker 3.8b6 changeset).
>>
>>Filed in (removing line-feeds as needed):
>>VMM38-gc-instrument-image.1.cs
>>VMM38-64bit-imageUpdates.1.cs
>>ArraysToGlobalStruct-JMM.1.cs
>>Gnuifier.6.cs
>>(JMM-fixBiasToGrow.1.cs.zip is not in the source tree, and don't see
>>it in my change sets - any case left out)
>>
>>Generated sources (after setting plugins etc as directed), , renamed
>>the result from "src32" to "src", and then gnuified.
>>
>>Placed SqueakVMUNIXPATHS.xcodeproj, resources, and Squeak VM
>>Universal-Info.plist in the directory containing "src' and
>>"platforms".
>>
>>Selected "Deployment" as target in xcode and compiled, with result:
>> "library not found for lcrt1.10.5.o"
>>
>>
>>Some questions:
>>Which "Base SDK" setting: 10.3.9. 10.4, 10.5?  (tried clean builds with
>> each)
>>Should I really (still) be using version 1444 of the source?
>>Ditto for Squeak 3.8 6665 (versus a 3.9 or 3.9 image)?
>>
>>
>>Thanks for any help,
>>Jay
>
>
> Latest VMMaker is on Squeaksource now.
> See this message below from John McIntosh on April 11, 2009:
> Later images should work fine as far as I know. I haven't built a VM
> lately tho but did successfully awhile back with 3.10 dev images.
> What OS X do you intend to deploy on? I'm guessing the base SDK would need
> to match since it would need to reside on the target OS.
>
> Ken G. Brown
>
>
> At 3:01 PM -0700 4/11/09, John M McIntosh apparently wrote:
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>>On 11-Apr-09, at 10:56 AM, Andreas Raab wrote:
>>
>>>Sounds good to me. I see this more as a formalization of the arrangement
>>> we already have, since you have been taking Tim's role lately with doing
>>> most of the integration etc. So you've got my support here.
>>>
>>>In terms of what to do I think what we most need is a bit more clarity
>>> for people. For example, how does one actually set up a VMMaker image?
>>> You kinda need bits from the four corners of the world and I don't think
>>> the process is described anywhere. The shorthand in my VMMaker image
>>> says:
>>>* Load Speech from http://source.squeakfoundation.org/39a
>>>* Load FFI from Universes
>>>* Load VMMaker from http://squeaksource.com/VMMaker
>>>* Load Balloon3D-Constants, Balloon3D-Plugins from
>>> http://squeaksource.com/Balloon3D
>>>* Load Freetype somehow
>>>
>>>This could certainly be improved. The simulator is another piece of the
>>> story where we should spend enough time that it can actually be used for
>>> simulation of various aspects. And then maybe fix the cruel and unusal
>>> UI for VMMaker ;-)
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>> - Andreas
>>
>>
>>
>>Well having pointers to everything on squeakvm.org would help.
>>People still load a 3.8 vmmaker from squeaksource for example, so a bit
>> more of where do I start if I have this platform would help
>>
>>
>>mac carbon VM build instructions here
>>
>>http://squeakvm.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/platforms/Mac%20OS/vm/Documentation/readme?rev=1708&view=auto
>>
>>--
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>>John M. McIntosh <johnmci at smalltalkconsulting.com>
>>Corporate Smalltalk Consulting Ltd.  http://www.smalltalkconsulting.com
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