[Pharo-dev] [Vm-dev] How to compile Spur VM in Windows?

[Esteban Lorenzano]

Hi Hernan, 

> On 06 Jan 2016, at 23:46, Hernán Morales Durand <hernan.morales at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hola Esteban :)
> 
> As suggested, I am using sources from https://ci.inria.fr/pharo/view/VM/job/PharoVM/Architecture=32,Slave=vm-builder-win/ <https://ci.inria.fr/pharo/view/VM/job/PharoVM/Architecture=32,Slave=vm-builder-win/>
> 
> I have some questions: 
> 
> 1) The sources.tgz file in CI already includes the generated C code (in src/ directories) and CMake files (in build/ directories) ? So for checking the build it would not be necessary to evaluate "PharoVMBuilder buildWin32”.

I never built the VM using those sources, so I don’t know how it will go. 
In general, I think what you say is ok. 

> 
> 2) Just out of curiosity, VMMakerTool is usable these days?

Nope, we use CMakeMaker (could work, never tried).

> 
> 3) I evaluated : PharoVMBuilder buildWin32. and received a lot of warnings (conflicting return types, undeclareds, etc) in Transcript - attached - Is this expected or should I try to update PharoVMMaker? And if so, from where?

I think you are “safe to go” with those warnings. I should review them, though. 

Esteban

> 
> Hernán
> 
> 2016-01-06 16:08 GMT-03:00 Esteban Lorenzano <estebanlm at gmail.com <mailto:estebanlm at gmail.com>>:
> btw you might be able to build SpurVM using an old non-spur Pharo 5.0 image… not sure, but I do not see a reason why you couldn’t :)
> 
> Esteban
> 
> 
>> On 06 Jan 2016, at 20:05, Esteban Lorenzano <estebanlm at gmail.com <mailto:estebanlm at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> https://github.com/estebanlm/pharo-vm/tree/spur64 <https://github.com/estebanlm/pharo-vm/tree/spur64>
>> 
>> because I still do not merge with master
>> instructions should work, but right now you WILL NOT be able to build a VM, because there is a bug in OpalCompiler who prevents building the VM in spur images… and probably there are other issues, I couldn’t test further. 
>> 
>> So I would say you need to wait until I can restore the builds here: https://ci.inria.fr/pharo/view/5.0-VM-Spur/job/PharoVM-spur32/ <https://ci.inria.fr/pharo/view/5.0-VM-Spur/job/PharoVM-spur32/> 
>> 
>> (it’s been almost one month since I cannot build :( )
>> 
>> Esteban
>> 
>> 
>>> On 06 Jan 2016, at 19:33, Hernán Morales Durand <hernan.morales at gmail.com <mailto:hernan.morales at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello
>>> 
>>> I am trying to compile Spur VM in Windows 8.1.
>>> 
>>> As far as I understand Spur VM needs the Pharo 5.0 image format, is that right?
>>> 
>>> Apparently instructions here https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/blob/master/README-Win32-fasttrack.md <https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/blob/master/README-Win32-fasttrack.md> are only applicable to "Old VM" in Pharo 3.0
>>> 
>>> Does anyone have any idea how to clone/compile the Spur VM (i.e. Pharo 5.0) ?
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> Hernán
>>> 
>> 
> 
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