If it is a plug-in, why does it need VM recompilation?

Esteban A. Maringolo

2017-05-10 12:15 GMT-03:00 Nicolas Cellier <nicolas.cellier.aka.nice@gmail.com>:
> 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 <maxleske@gmail.com>:
>>
>> OK, I see.
>>
>>
>> On 10 May 2017, at 15:11, Cl��ment Bera <bera.clement@gmail.com> 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 <maxleske@gmail.com> 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/OpenSmalltalk/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 <sophie.kaleba@gmail.com> 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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