[Vm-dev] Problems building rev 2181 on Linux

[laurent laffont]

Laurent Laffont


On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 9:51 PM, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:

>
> On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 08:24:06PM +0200, laurent laffont wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 8:54 PM, Mariano Martinez Peck <
> marianopeck at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 3:49 PM, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com
> >wrote:
> > >> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 08:03:41AM +0200, laurent laffont wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > I've used ConfigurationOfVMMaker  1.2 but after I've updated VMMaker
> > >> package
> > >> > only. trunk doesn't compile with VMMaker-dtl.157. Maybe it's time
> for
> > >> > version ConfigurationOfVMMaker 1.3 ?
> > >>
> > >> In general, if you are building a VM with the latest version of
> platform
> > >> code from Subversion, then you would also want to use the latest
> version
> > >> of VMMaker from SqueakSource. I am not very familiar with Metacello
> > >> configurations, but I would say that it either needs an update to 1.3,
> > >> or better would be to just have Metacello always use the latest
> version.
> > >> Is there a way to do that?
> > >
> > > Yes, load the baseline. In metacello when you do not specify a versio,
> it
> > > loads the last one.
> > > There is a entry in Metacello FAQ about that. But it should be:
> > > (ConfigurationOfVMMaker project version: 'baselinexxx') load
> >
> > Here's attached  ConfigurationOfVMMaker with version 1.3 which:
> > - fix FreeType plugin
> > - set VMMaker package to version. 168.
> > But reading this thread I'm not sure this is the best thing to do. Should
> I
> > put it in Metacello repository ?
>
> Laurent,
>
> I would say yes, you should check it in. This will give you a configuration
> that matches the platforms sources that are being used in the latest
> round of platform updates.
>
> Please set the VMMaker package version to 169 (not 168), as this
> will bring in the latest changes, and is compatible with the most
> up to date Subversion sources.
>
> I would also recommend that you add a comment either in the code
> or in the Monticello check-in note, and mention that this configuration
> is intended to work with Subversion revision level 2188 (plus or minus
> a little bit). That will give people an indication of what platform
> version to use a few years from now.
>
> As Andreas mentioned, you cannot reliably rebuild a VM by referring
> only to the Metacello configuration, but that is a separate issue
> and you are right to make this update.
>
> Dave
>
>
Done.
I put version 1.2 as release, version 1.3 as development.
To make things less error prone, I'm thinking about opening a workspace when
version xx is loaded with a sort of documentation:

"ConfigurationOfVMMaker version 1.3 uses Squeak VM revision 2188. To check
it out:
svn co http://squeakvm.org/svn/squeak/trunk/platforms/ -r 2188"

What do you think ?

Laurent Laffont
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