[Vm-dev] Stalled travis_tests in linux32x86

[David T. Lewis]

On Wed, Dec 06, 2017 at 11:30:37PM +0100, Nicolas Cellier wrote:
>  
> 2017-12-06 23:13 GMT+01:00 Ben Coman <btc at openinworld.com>:
> 
> >
> > On 7 December 2017 at 05:05, Nicolas Cellier <nicolas.cellier.aka.nice@
> > gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> 2017-12-05 23:02 GMT+01:00 Nicolas Cellier <nicolas.cellier.aka.nice at gmai
> >> l.com>:
> >>
> >>> OK, it's more complex (readLimit only refers to available buffer length
> >>> not file length) and more simple than that...
> >>>
> >>> Just trying with:
> >>>
> >>> ../../../products/sqcogspurlinux/lib/squeak/5.0-201711262336/squeak
> >>> TravisCI.image test.st
> >>>
> >>> letting it run a few minutes and interrupting it, I'm in the infinite
> >>> loop (nextChunk = '').
> >>> That's because the method thinks it is written at position 11319975 (it
> >>> might differ for you, because I launched the test.st several times)
> >>> But the read only copy thinks it is already atEnd at position 11320088
> >>> So it reads an empty chunk without making progress and will loop
> >>> infinitely...
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Ahem, I don't remember to which substance I was exposed yesterday, those
> >> are the wrong figures...
> >>
> >
> > A HeinekenBug?   Like a Heisenbug, but more amber.
> > cheers -ben
> >
> 
> :)
> 
> I shudder to think how horrible a bugweiser could be!
> 
> Since ESUG 2016 in Prague I recommend pils: it helps understanding the VM,
> or at least let you think so.

A good pils is hard to beat, although I prefer something a bit hoppier. But
local preferences aside, "Bugweiser" is brilliant. I want to buy the Bugweiser
T-shirt.

Best of all, googling "bugweiser" turns up no hits at all, so Nicolas can take
credit for it. And Ben gets the credit (and/or blame?) for provoking the idea.

Normally I would not be concerned with intellectual property rights in a
case like this, but when I think of the potential revenues from Bugwieser
T-shirts, I think it is important to give credit where credit is due.

;-)

Dave