> On 14 Jan 2017, at 18:04, Bruce O'Neel <bruce.on...@pckswarms.ch> wrote: > > Hi, > > Thanks, that's very nice. > > There is also a mac build here: > > http://files.pharo.org/platform/ <http://files.pharo.org/platform/> > > and the pharo 4 one does not work. That's the one I found when I poked > around and tested it.
oops… I forget to update that one. I will do it next week, thanks for reporting! Esteban > > cheers > > bruce > > > 14 janvier 2017 17:39 Esteban Lorenzano <esteba...@gmail.com > <mailto:esteba...@gmail.com>> a écrit: > >> On 14 Jan 2017, at 12:56, Bruce O'Neel <bruce.on...@pckswarms.ch >> <mailto:bruce.on...@pckswarms.ch>> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Pharo 4 might be hard on MacOS Sierra. >> >> There was a late change to the VM, at least for Squeak, to stop the black >> screen on startup on Sierra. Pharo 4 was before that change, and, for >> that matter, before Sierra. Pharo 5 was after and clearly has that change. > > I updated the VM on Pharo 4 to work also on Sierra, so this does not remains > true :) > >> >> I'm pretty sure that the patches are one of these two: >> >> https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/... >> <https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/commit/70ada3a6e4983891a5dae08f04169fd661a74913> >> >> >> https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/... >> <https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/commit/f2b5cf27f81e50c65537972a89ddee9e0aac39c2> >> >> >> and I'm almost 100% sure that the second is the magic one. >> >> >> The simple solution would be to replace the VM in the Pharo 4 bundle with >> the VM in the Pharo 5 bundle, but, alas, the VM in the Pharo 5 bundle can't >> read the image from Pharo 4. > > no, it will not work, because Pharo 5 is spur and Pharo 4 is not > >> >> So it would look as if one's choices are: >> >> * Build the version of the VM from the Pharo 4 bundle, but, apply one or >> both of the patches above. >> * Figure out why Pharo 4 is necessary and move to Pharo 5. >> * Run a squeak V3 VM and hack something together. This might not give the >> full Pharo experience. >> >> To run the squeak V3 do the following: >> >> Download and unzip the newest Squeak V3 VM. >> >> https://bintray.com/opensmalltalk/vm/download_file... >> <https://bintray.com/opensmalltalk/vm/download_file?file_path=cog_macos32x86_squeak.cog.v3_201701140950.tar.gz> >> >> Alt click on the CocoaFast app and choose open. >> Quit. >> >> Download Pharo 4. Alt click on Pharo 4 and choose "Show Package Contents." >> Navigate to Contents -> Resources. Drag the "Pharo4.0.image" overtop the >> CocoaFast app and it launches. You do have startup errors, so, you now have >> some time to play around. >> >> I realize that neither look so easy, though the second one is probably the >> wisest just because the Pharo group moves quickly. > > … or you can download the Pharo 4.0 VM (from here: > http://files.pharo.org/get-files/40/ <http://files.pharo.org/get-files/40/>) > and run your Pharo 4.0 and Pharo 3.0 app without problems (I didn’t try Pharo > 2.0 and 1.4, but I do not see why they wouldn’t work). > now, Pharo 1.0 will not work I think, because it is not a Stack image (it > didn’t existed at the time)… there yes, you will need one of the legacy VMs > that we do not maintain anymore… for that, there are some VMs around, but I > frankly would migrate any 1.0 based image… is work (and maybe hard work), but > at the end it will pay :) > > if what you have is a OneClick package, the best approach is to extract your > Pharo*.image, Pharo*.changes and Pharo*.sources and then use the Pharo 4.0 VM > with them, > > cheers, > Esteban > >> >> cheers >> >> bruce >> >> >> 14 janvier 2017 12:19 Hilaire <hila...@drgeo.eu <mailto:hila...@drgeo.eu>> a >> écrit: >> I don't know yet Jeff. I don't have either a macos sierra at hand. Once >> a Mac OS Sierra user reported me the problem your are mentioning[1], but >> I did not get very far investigating the problem. >> >> For me it is not clear at all from[2] if there is any Mac VM 4.0. May be >> Esteban can enlighten us. >> >> [1] http://forum.drgeo.eu/DrGeo-pb-mac-os-Sierra-td402... >> <http://forum.drgeo.eu/DrGeo-pb-mac-os-Sierra-td4024957.html> >> [2] http://pharo.org/download <http://pharo.org/download> >> Le 14/01/2017 à 11:35, J.F. Rick a écrit : >> > So, what's the proper procedure? I just moved my Pharo4 to the >> > Application directory and it didn't work? Launched but the window is >> > black. Is there a new Pharo4 VM for MacOS? If so, where is it? >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Jeff >> >> -- >> Dr. Geo >> http://drgeo.eu <http://drgeo.eu/>
