It really depends.  The latest official, stable VM for Unix is version
2.7.  But 3.0pre2 seems plenty good, especially if you apply the patches
off my patches page.

This situation isn't rosy, but it's where we are.  I've updated the
DownloadForUnix page to spell this out.


-Lex



"Richard A. O'Keefe" <ok at atlas.otago.ac.nz> wrote:
> Ned Konz <ned at bike-nomad.com> gave possibly the most helpful answer yet.
> 
> Is 3.0pre2 the best available VM for Squeak 2.8?  I know perfectly well
> what to do with a 'configure' file, and the variously named INSTALL file
> is sufficiently clear anyway.  What it *doesn't* say, and what I *don't*
> know is whether that version of the VM does actually work with the
> "Squeak 2.8 final" changes and image file.
> 
> 	So you should be able to just go:
> 	
> 		mkdir $HOME/squeak
> 		cd build
> 		../src/unix/configure --prefix=$HOME/squeak
> 		make
> 		make install
> 	
> 	Now, I haven't tried this, but it seems like it should work.
> 	
> Is there anyone else who _has_ tried it?
> I have 2.8pre4 building right now; I just hope the slight touch of clock skew
> make: *** Warning: File `Makefile' has modification time in the future
> doesn't affect things.  (No, I can't reset the clock.  You have to be root
> to do that.  See previous messages in this thread.)