Hi Rich,
I forgot to mention that the installer wouldn't work on non-Intel
machines. We cannot support PPC anymore due to lack of resources,
however as stayed in the Rakefile warning, it should still work. The
build error you're getting is about the readline extension, it has
nothing to do with PPC (if you look at the tracker you should see a
report and how to fix the problem).
Laurent
On Mar 9, 2009, at 12:05 PM, Rich Morin wrote:
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Laurent Sansonetti
You can learn more about MacRuby, and download a binary installer,
from the website:
http://ruby.macosforge.org
Or about this release more specifically, on our blog:
http://www.macruby.org/post/macruby-04
Neither the posting, the web site, nor the blog mentions the fact
that the binary installer for the new release doesn't include
support for PowerPC machines:
$ file /usr/local/bin/macruby
/usr/local/bin/macruby:
Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures
/usr/local/bin/macruby (for architecture i386):
Mach-O executable i386
/usr/local/bin/macruby (for architecture x86_64):
Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64
I downloaded the sources
$ svn co http://svn.macosforge.org/repository/ruby/MacRuby/tags/0.4 \
MacRuby-0.4
and attempted to follow the build instructions on
http://www.macruby.org/trac/wiki/InstallingMacRuby
$ cd MacRuby
MacRuby: No such file or directory.
Sigh.
$ ls
MacRuby-0.4
$ cd MacRuby-0.4
$ rake
(in /Local/_Private/Homes/rdm/Private/Work/MacRuby/MacRuby-0.4)
Warning: your appear to use a PowerPC machine. MacRuby's PPC support
is very basic and may be dropped in a near future. Supported
architectures are Intel 32-bit and 64-bit (i386 and x86_64).
...
compiling readline
gcc -I. -I../../.ext/include/universal-darwin9.0 -I..//.././include
-I..//.././ext/readline -DRUBY_EXTCONF_H=\"extconf.h\" -fno-common
-fno-common -pipe -O2 -g -Wall -Wno-parentheses -arch ppc -o
readline.o
-c readline.c
readline.c: In function 'filename_completion_proc_call':
readline.c:683: warning: implicit declaration of function
'completion_matches'
readline.c:684: error: 'filename_completion_function' undeclared
(first use in this function)
readline.c:684: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only
once
readline.c:684: error: for each function it appears in.)
readline.c:684: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer
without a
cast
readline.c: In function 'username_completion_proc_call':
readline.c:709: error: 'username_completion_function' undeclared
(first use in this function)
readline.c:709: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer
without a
cast
make: *** [readline.o] Error 1
rake aborted!
Command failed with status (1): [GC_DISABLE=1 ./miniruby -I./lib
-I.ext/com...]
.../MacRuby-0.4/rakefile:591
(See full trace by running task with --trace)
I think this falls a bit below "very basic support". :-/
I have no argument with Laurent or Apple about their current
priorities:
making MacRuby build and run on PowerPC is a burden that Laurent
does not
need at this point in the development process. Nor do I have the
chops
or time to dig into the sources and try to make the build work.
However, it's possible that some other folks might be motivated to
follow
along behind Laurent and produce the occasional PowerPC build. Any
takers?
Meanwhile, I updated http://www.macruby.org/trac/wiki/InstallingMacRuby
to
reflect the new reality. The blog does not allow comments, so I was
unable
to post a caveat there.
-r
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