[squeak-dev] Re: [Box-Admins] Updating VMs and possible conflicts

Chris Cunnington brasspen at gmail.com
Wed Jul 2 19:16:28 UTC 2014


On Jul 2, 2014, at 3:04 PM, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:

> The script is installed as /usr/local/bin/squeak.
> 
> Yes that is the one that might get stepped on by the Cog install.
> 
>> From a Debian packaging point of view, there may be other overlapping
> files also.

OK, I see it now. I think these two kinds of VM are being loaded in different places. 

/usr/lib/squeak/4.0-2776
/usr/bin/cogvm 

/usr/local/lib/squeak/4.10.2-2793
/usr/local/bin/squeak

Chris 


> Dave
> 
>> 
>> On Jul 2, 2014, at 12:32 PM, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> The interpreter VM is installed on both box3 and box4. The debs are in
>>> /root/localdebs and a record of the installation is in the log file in
>>> the
>>> root account (I don't remember the name).
>> 
>> Yup, I see it. Here it is.
>> 
>> admin-log.txt:  sudo dpkg -i /root/localbuild/squeakvm_20131020-1_i386.deb
>> 
>> OK, r2793 is the Interpreter VM and it's installed in both boxes. It's
>> installed in a different location that Cog:
>> 
>>>> /usr/lib/squeak/4.0-2776
>>>> /usr/local/lib/squeak/4.10.2-2793
>> 
>> To my mind that means there's no naming conflict, but I suspect that's not
>> what you mean. In both box3 and box4 the only script in /usr/bin is cogvm
>> in box4. The interpreter VM has no script to start it, which I think
>> explains why "squeak -version" produces nothing at all; whereas, "cogvm
>> -version" does. And this is the naming convention you want to clear with
>> Eliot, right? What to call the script that starts a VM process? I don't
>> think the Interpreter has one installed on either box.
>> 
>> Closer?
>> 
>> Chris
>> 
>> 
>>> Dave
>>> 
>>>> I did a bit of a survey of VMs on boxes 3 and 4. [1] My aim is to
>>>> upgrade
>>>> box4 to the latest Cog (non-Spur) VM available.
>>>> I think I can do that in box4 with no fuss, as I don't think the
>>>> Interpreter VM is installed. So I don't expect a conflict. It is worth
>>>> noting that some binaries are stored in /usr/local/lib and others in
>>>> /usr/lib.
>>>> 
>>>> About where to put the .deb files. I guess the proper thing is to use
>>>> cogdeb.zip in /root/localbuild and then copy the deb to /root/localdeb.
>>>> 
>>>> Chris
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> [1]
>>>> 
>>>> BOX3 - start script used
>>>> 
>>>> TEST FOR VERSION:
>>>> cogvm -version 	r2776
>>>> 
>>>> /usr/bin/cogvm
>>>> 
>>>> BINARIES AVAILABLE:
>>>> /usr/lib/squeak/4.0-2776
>>>> /usr/local/lib/squeak/4.10.2-2793
>>>> /home/chrismuller/vm/lib/squeak/4.0-2761
>>>> /home/chrismuller/vm/lib/4.4.7-2357
>>>> 
>>>> localdebs:
>>>> cogvm_2776-1_i386.deb         squeakvm_20131020-1_i386.deb
>>>> djbdns_1.05-2_amd64.deb       squeakvm64_20131020-1_i386.deb
>>>> squeak-sources_4.1-1_all.deb
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> BOX3 - no start script used?
>>>> 
>>>> TEST FOR VERSION:
>>>> squeak -version
>>>> cannot find VM to run image 'squeak' with option ''
>>>> 
>>>> BINARIES AVAILABLE:
>>>> /usr/local/lib/squeak/4.10.2-2793/squeakvm
>>>> /home/davidlewis/[VM|VMCogUnixBuild|VMUnixBuild]
>>>> /var/lib/jenkins/jobs/*
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> localdebs:
>>>> squeakvm_20131020-1_i386.deb  squeakvm64_20131020-1_i386.deb
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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