Hi Sophie,
you could try and modify the plugins.int or plugins.ext files for various
pharo distributions and do a pull request on github opensmalltalk-vm.
Then let Esteban accept the request or not before the release of Pharo...
(if the build are green, there's no reason to not accept it).

2017-05-10 15:39 GMT+02:00 Max Leske <[email protected]>:

> OK, I see.
>
>
> On 10 May 2017, at 15:11, Clément Bera <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Max,
>
> She has already done that. The point is to add the plugins in the default
> Pharo VM, so everyone can use the VM profiler. We would like to have the VM
> profiler loadable through the Pharo catalog, but many people won't be able
> to use it if the default Pharo VM does not support it...
>
> The plugin is lightweight, so I don't see why we can't have it.
>
> Best,
>
> On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 3:00 PM, Max Leske <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Sophie,
>>
>> You will have to compile your own VM for the moment. It's fairly easy but
>> you might run into problems when including the extra plugin. To build the
>> VM, follow the instructions on https://github.com/OpenSmal
>> ltalk/opensmalltalk-vm and read the README and HOWTO files. Simple build
>> example:
>>
>> cd ~/git/opensmalltalk-vm/build.macos32x86/pharo.cog.spur/ && ./mvm -d
>>
>> will build a debug VM. You'll have to modify one of the "plugins.*" files
>> to include the plugin.
>>
>> HTH,
>> Max
>>
>> On 10 May 2017, at 14:36, Sophie Kaleba <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Esteban, Hi all,
>>
>> I am working on porting the Squeak VMProfiler to Pharo as a gsoc (I will
>> post a more detailed presentation about that in the mailing list later
>> today).
>>
>> While trying to use the profiler with the Pharo VM, I get the following
>> error : "PrimitiveFailed : primitive #primitiveExecutableModules in
>> VMProfilerLinuxSymbolsManager failed". (see stack trace attached).
>>
>> This plugin (VMProfileLinuxSupportPlugin) does not seem to be included by
>> default in the Pharo VM (it works with a Squeak VM). I haven't tried on a
>> mac, but I guess the plugin (VMProfileMacSupportPlugin) is missing too.
>>
>> For the moment, I am using the latest Squeak VM with my Pharo image but
>> it is not quite convenient. Would it be possible to include the 2 plugins
>> to the Pharo VM ?
>>
>> If I can be of any help, just tell me
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Sophie
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> <PrimitiveFailed.jpg>
>>
>>
>>
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