[Vm-dev] Question about primitives

Henrik Johansen henrik.s.johansen at veloxit.no
Tue Feb 9 18:31:54 UTC 2010



Den 09.02.2010 19:12, skrev Mariano Martinez Peck:
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>             A better place to look is in VMMaker using the browser.
>              There you'll see different kinds of primitive from things
>             like GeniePlugin where all the code is written in Slang to
>             SocketPlugin where all the code is merely wrappers around
>             platform-specific support code.
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>         I saw it! Thanks...much clear now.   I have, however, a couple
>         of problems/questions:
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>         - I couldn't compile in VMMaker as I have the error:
>         "MacOSPowerPCOS9VMMaker could not find directory for: Mac OS
>         specific files; is the platform root path set correctly?"  
>         However, I have correctly set the path. I attach a screenshot
>         of the pharo image and the output of a console.
>         Do you know what the problem can be ?
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>     The directory the  MacOSPowerPCOS9VMMaker expects is called 'Mac
>     OS' not MacOS or Macos or...  So either change it to expect MacOS
>     or move or copy your platforms subdirectory from platforms/MacOS
>     to 'platforms/Mac OS'.
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> I knew that was going to be confusing :(  
> I did try 'Mac OS' as it was like that after downloading with SVN. And
> that's where I got the problem. Then, I thought (used to Linux) that
> there may be some problem with the space. I changed, but still the
> same problem :(

If the screenshot is accurate, I believe the "path to platform source"
line needs to point to .../platforms, not /platforms/MacOS.
This subfolder is chosen with the Platform name.

Cheers,
Henry
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