I apologize for my utter VM-n00b-stupidity and still humbly conclude that a little page somewhere explaining how to do this properly would at least have helped me - and obviously all the other people stumbling on this getImageName stuff - evidently they must all have been falling in the same trap. :)
More likely, they have been using a basic image (3.7 or 3.8). Which reminds me: With the current SM, is there actually a way of marking releases in a way that users will automatically get "their" version?
I know Ian has pretty detailed and good descriptions, but I think what is lacking here is a more condensed howto that indeed includes this stuff about VMMaker (haven't tested this, but I guess you see what I mean):
http://squeak.hpl.hp.com/unix/devel.html http://squeak.hpl.hp.com/unix/platforms/unix/doc/HowToBuildFromSource.html/i...
Both seem quite applicable in this regard.
PSS. Still think a little page explaining the most important details about the VM work process would be helpful. I don't think many people are aware that Ian wants patches in the form of full files sent by email for example.
Well, if they care to read they might now ;-)
Cheers, - Andreas