[Cuis-dev] Bad news (Was Re: Big Fun on Linux was ( Updates to VectorGraphics and precompiled MacVM))

[Gerald Klix]

Hi Folks, Hi Juan,

tried to build that stuff on windows -- after
some windows updates -- with bad results.

VM crashes when it loads an image,
no clue why. I have no stomach to debug this.

I managed to build the rapsberry pi VM,
obviously the move to clang did
break the CameraPlugin and the FFIplugin.
The former is probably unimportant;
a VM without the later is not what
one wants for Cuis.

At least this VM starts a plain Cuis-image,
of course after I disabled the aforementioned
plugins.

This one:
https://github.com/bavison/opensmalltalk-vm.git
fails to build, it complains about some
problems in the SSL plugin. I did not
investigate further.

In a nutshell:
I find all of this rather annoying and
discouraging. This VM needs a big overhaul ...
(Sorry, Eliot!)


Best Regards,

Gerald



On 2021-06-02 10:30, Gerald Klix via Cuis-dev wrote:
> Hi folks, Hi Juan,
> 
> AMD64 Linux version is here:
> 
> https://www.klix.ch/haver/releases
> 
> It's the file
> '5.0-202105210801-HVR_MVP_ALPHA3_VEP_2021-06-02.tar.xz'
> 
> This time I did not forget to strip the code.
> 
> Please note:
> I only tested it superficially:
> Seems to work, but the Morphs using the
> VectorEnginePlugin have colorless halos;
> especially the halo-icons all have a white
> background. All other halos behave
> nominally.
> 
> 
> HTH and Best Regards,
> 
> Gerald
> 
> PS: Building this stuff is a bit annoying;
> I had to patch VM-Maker again.
> 
> 
> On 2021-06-02 09:09, Gerald Klix wrote:
>> Hi Juan, Hi folks,
>>
>> I am a bit confused. Your E-Mail is from
>> 2021-06-02, git log for VmMaker --
>> immediately after a pull - says:
>>
>> commit abd3dc6a4e03cf25e0509956ec7d3a79f504a45f (HEAD -> main, 
>> origin/main, origin/HEAD)
>> Author: Juan Vuletich <juan at jvuletich.org>
>> Date:   Sat May 29 17:20:13 2021 -0300
>>
>>      C declare as unsigned char* for ByteArrays
>>
>> This isn't exactly "yesterday".
>>
>> Anyways, after some thinking I am sure the latest Haver Alpha 3 has an 
>> old plugin.
>> I did see the VmMaker update, but I did not
>> think about the consequences.
>>
>> Is there a way to ask the plugin about its
>> version? Not everybody has a "strings"-command
>> handy:
>>
>> VectorEnginePlugin 21 May 2021 (e)
>> ;*3$"
>> GCC: (Ubuntu 7.5.0-3ubuntu1~18.04) 7.5.0
>> clang version 12.0.0 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git 
>> d28af7c654d8db0b68c175db5ce212d74fb5e9bc)
>>
>> So yes, it is an older version of the plugin.
>>
>> I will build a newer version for Windows 64bit
>> and Linux-AMD64.
>>
>> I still have problems with the
>> Raspberry OS builds; 32bit builds end
>> with an archive, but no executable is produced.
>> This is also the case
>> with the repo Ken provided.
>> Admittedly I am to lazy to install a 64-Linux
>> on one of my Raspberry Pi 4s.
>>
>> *If there is demand for a Raspberry Pi VM,
>> please tell me, I will backport the plugin
>> to a VM version with a working build system.*
>>
>> Please tell me, if there is demand for a 64bit
>> ARM build.
>>
>>
>> HTH and Best Regards,
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2021-06-01 21:02, Juan Vuletich wrote:
>>> Thanks for doing this Gerald!
>>>
>>> Yesterday I pushed some updates. A new plugin C code generation and 
>>> VM rebuild is in order. Performance and memory usage improved.
>>>
>>> Can you please rebuild and publish?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> On 5/22/2021 4:35 AM, Gerald Klix via Cuis-dev wrote:
>>>> After one day of working with the new VM,
>>>> I decided to declared it fit for release,
>>>> it can be found here:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.klix.ch/haver/releases/5.0-202105210639-HVR_MVP_ALPHA2_VEP_2021-05-21.tar.xz 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Obviously this is a Linux binary for AMD64,
>>>> built on Ubuntu 18.04 with clang-12.
>>>>
>>>> I was not able to build this on Raspberry OS,
>>>> the build produced only an archive with
>>>> some objects. Admittedly I have no stomach
>>>> to debug makefiles (The VM's build system
>>>> is in a bad shape), so no raspberry pi
>>>> builds for the time being.
>>>>
>>>> I also have an untested Windows VM laying
>>>> around, If someone is interested, please
>>>> drop me a note.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> HTH Gerald
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2021-05-21 21:32, Juan Vuletich via Cuis-dev wrote:
>>>>> On 5/21/2021 6:06 AM, Gerald Klix via Cuis-dev wrote:
>>>>>> Now taht, I tested it:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Works great on Linux AMD74, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
>>>>>> This is really amazing. Thanks a lot, Juan!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please stay tuned for zip-files with VMs for various platforms.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks a lot!
>>>>>
>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gerald
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
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