Hi, > On 27 Jan 2016, at 23:38, Jimmie Houchin <jlhouc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Another surprise. > > ./pharo Pharo.image update > > blows up. Both in the stable 4 and 5 and latest (alpha) versions. On the > Pharo 4 version it maxed at 1gb ram and the Pharo 5 versions maxed at 3.8gb > ram and both maxed out a cpu thread. The Pharo4 version never quit, I had to > kill. The Pharo5 version core dumped. > > Just wanted to let you know.
yes, we are aware. but that’s not a problem of the command line tools but the update process: it is broken since ages and IMO, we should just remove it (at least hide it). Esteban > > Shalom Aleichem > > Jimmie > > > > > On 01/27/2016 12:59 PM, Jimmie Houchin wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am reading the Deep Into Pharo book. I have been playing with the >> CommandLineHandler. I have been surprised by some of its behavior. Though I >> have used Pharo a long time. I have not played with it from the command >> line. I am a very long time Linux user and am very comfortable on the >> command line. >> >> When according to the book I execute: >> >> ./pharo Pharo.image --list >> >> It will provide me with a list of the available handlers. >> >> I did not expect it to open up an image for me. That is not what I expected >> or wanted. I did not intend to use an image at this time. I am on the >> command line and expecting to see results there. Not for a new window to pop >> up. >> >> As of yet I have always opened up Pharo on the command line. I have yet to >> use PharoLauncher, but do intend to do so soon. So I am comfortable with >> Pharo opening up a new window and image from the command line. >> >> However it is very unintuitive and seemingly unnecessary to open up an image >> for these command line handlers. I naively think they should simply return >> the results. Now if that requires opening a headless image for a moment and >> close, then fine. >> >> --list >> --help >> --version >> --copyright >> eval >> printVersion >> >> Some other handlers I do not know if opening an image is the correct >> default. I have not spent the time learning them yet. >> >> Thanks. Shalom Aleichem. >> >> Jimmie > >
