[squeak-dev] Cog binary + cogdeb.zip = Cog.deb

David T. Lewis lewis at mail.msen.com
Tue Jun 17 22:56:41 UTC 2014


On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 10:12:53PM +0100, Frank Shearar wrote:
> On 17 June 2014 19:19, Chris Cunnington <brasspen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > https://www.dropbox.com/s/smsqoib0dnjjsg8/cogdeb.zip
> > https://www.dropbox.com/s/qyp63erz3152ntt/cogvm_2776-1_i386.deb
> >
> > Ken created a tool for taking a mirandabanda binary, placing a Makefile, and producing a cog<versionfoo>.deb. I found it in his box4 directory as a byproduct of his installing Cog there. It comes with a README file and is quite simple. It's exactly what I was looking for. I've also included a the deb he generated in case anybody wants to skip the process and just install Cog 2776.
> 
> Nice! Seems like just a few short steps from automatically producing
> debs from released Cogs in build.squeak.org... Any takers?
>

Generating VM builds for general distribution on build.squeak.org is a Really
Bad Idea. Please do not do that.

If we are going to do something with automated builds, it should happen on
squeakvm.org or on something closely associated with it, and it should be done
with the approval of the platform maintainers. In this case, you are talking about
setting up a distribution of Eliot's VM executables. If Eliot says that he wants
you to do this for him, then consider yourself empowered. Otherwise do not do it,
and especially please do not do it on build.squeak.org.

I put a couple of jobs on build.squeak.org to test the process of code generation
with VMMaker. These are documented in the Jenkins job descriptions, and they do
serve a useful purpose. But if it is generating too much confusion, then I will
just get rid of them.

Thanks,
Dave
 


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