Cog on FreeBSD (Re: [Vm-dev] Re: [squeak-dev] Re: Cog on linux)

[Nicolas Cellier]

2010/7/15 Andreas Raab <andreas.raab at gmx.de>

>
> On 7/15/2010 11:09 AM, Nicolas Cellier wrote:
>
>> 2010/7/15 Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn at stonehenge.com
>> <mailto:merlyn at stonehenge.com>>
>>
>>     >>>>> "Frank" == Frank Shearar <frank.shearar at angband.za.org
>>    <mailto:frank.shearar at angband.za.org>> writes:
>>
>>    Frank> /usr/home/frank/temp/platforms/unix/vm/sqUnixHeartbeat.c:383:
>>    error:
>>    Frank> PTHREAD_ERRORCHECK_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP' undeclared here (not
>>    in a function)
>>
>>    Frank> FreeBSD's pthread.h doesn't contain this #define. In fact,
>>    nothing in
>>    Frank> /usr/include does. I'll investigate further!
>>
>>    Ewww.  Why do people presume everything's Linux like that?
>>
>>
>> Because Smalltalkers are happy to be immune to this kind of detail
>> behind their vm?
>> Because documentations about standards are not that cheap for unpaid
>> people?
>> Because there is not enough manpower and such community project has to
>> work by gradual error/correction cycles rather than planned development?
>>
>
> [x] None of the above.
>
> Correct answer: Because all of the servers at Teleplace run on RHEL 5.3 and
> that's the only thing we've tested Cog on. You should expect more Linuxisms
> (and even RHELisms) as people try to compile run Cog on other Unixens.
> That's the expected state at this stage of the project.
>
> Cheers,
>  - Andreas
>

Hehe, I was not speculating on Teleplace policy !
1) was a joke
2) was applicable for indivuduals rather than Teleplace
and 3) I was more an invitation to enhance the code by ourselves now that it
is in our hands

Nicolas
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