[Vm-dev] Re: Tools to Build Cog on Win32

[Mariano Martinez Peck]

On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 5:16 AM, Rob Rothwell <r.j.rothwell at gmail.com>wrote:

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> I have a good [rough draft] start on very detailed (too detailed?) steps to
> properly install Cygwin and build the Cog VM on Windows.  I just need to add
> preparing the image for first time use, etc...:
>
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> http://book.pharo-project.org/book/Virtual-Machine/Building/BuildVMOnWindows/BuildCogVMOnWindows/
>


This is really great!   I am glad to have created an user for you :)

Thank you a lot

Mariano



> (I haven't started editing/revising yet).
>
> Anyway, if anyone could help me properly position my two topics, "Cog VM"
> and "Traditional (Squeak) VM" underneath "The MS-Windows way," I would
> greatly appreciated it.  Although they are subsections, they are fully
> "unindented" like a chapter in the table of contents...
>
> Thank you,
>
> Rob
>
> On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 3:12 AM, laurent laffont <
> laurent.laffont at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 1:47 AM, Rob Rothwell <r.j.rothwell at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>>
>>> Disregard!  I have found the magic incantation and even got Pharo 1.1
>>> running in a VM compiled on my own!
>>>
>>
>> Cool, this is waiting for you :)
>> http://book.pharo-project.org/book/Virtual-Machine/Building/BuildVMOnWindows/
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>>
>> Laurent
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>>>
>>> I will try to type up the formula for others to follow in terms of
>>> installing cygwin and the required tools.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Rob
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Rob Rothwell <r.j.rothwell at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is there some way to package the tools required to build Cog similar to
>>>> the Squeak-Win32-Tools package that is available for the standard Squeak VM?
>>>>
>>>> I just don't seem to be savvy enough to choose all the proper cygwin
>>>> options.  I DID manage to get subversion loaded in cygwin and check out the
>>>> sources, but I am sure I am doing the wrong thing by installing the 1.7.5
>>>> version of cygwin since HowToBuild references 1.5.24.  Plus, I just can't
>>>> seem to get the right gcc...I keep getting "gcc: The -mno-cygwin flag has
>>>> been removed; use a mingq-targeted cross-compiler," and I just can't seem to
>>>> get the right installation options selected in the "Devel" section.
>>>>
>>>> So...either a prebuilt bundle or very specific instructions for mere
>>>> mortals would be very helpful!  It would be nice to keep up with the fixes;
>>>> this VM made a HUGE difference in some Binaural Beat generation code I have
>>>> that writes very large audio files.  I can actually fork the code now and
>>>> keep using the image with very good responsiveness!  Amazing!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any help,
>>>>
>>>> Rob
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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