[Cuis] OSProcess status

Sun Jan 5 10:12:51 CST 2014

Sure!

2014/1/5 David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com>

> Oops, I meant to ask for the results of these on Mac:
>
>   Smalltalk platformName
>

 'Mac OS'

>   Smalltalk osVersion
>
>
 '1091'

Running Cog VM in Mavericks.

Cheers.

> Thanks
>
> On Sun, Jan 05, 2014 at 10:52:27AM -0500, David T. Lewis wrote:
> > I am having trouble finding a solution to to this works on other
> dialects.
> > The approach of using SystemVersion class>>isCuis does not provide an
> easy
> > solution because most dialects do not have that method.
> >
> > Could you please tell me the results of running these two expressions
> > on a Mac in Cuis, and also let me know which VM (Cog or interpreter) you
> > used:
> >
> >   SystemVersion platformName
> >   SystemVersion osVersion
> >
> > I think that the underlying problem is that my OSProcess
> class>>platformName
> > ends up calling SystemVersion class>>osVersion when it should be calling
> > SystemVersion class>>platformName.
> >
> > I believe that this is code that I put into OSProcess was for support of
> > one of the Pharo versions that had a broken platformName.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Dave
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 01, 2014 at 03:11:00PM -0300, Juan Vuletich wrote:
> > > That CS was incomplete. This is the correct one.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Juan Vuletich
> > >
> > > On 1/1/2014 2:59 PM, Juan Vuletich wrote:
> > > >Hi Dave,
> > > >
> > > >I still could not run all the tests on Mac OS, but at least I can say
> > > >something like the attach is needed to support OSProcess on Mac OS on
> > > >Cuis.
> > > >
> > > >Thanks,
> > > >Juan Vuletich
> > > >
> > > >On 12/30/2013 12:33 PM, David T. Lewis wrote:
> > > >>On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 06:37:50PM -0800, Ken Dickey wrote:
> > > >>>On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 15:05:45 -0500
> > > >>>"David T. Lewis"<lewis at mail.msen.com>  wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>>I made a package called "OSProcess" and saved the OSProcess.pck.st
> > > >>>>in a
> > > >>>>new github repository called "Cuis-Smalltalk-OSProcess".
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>This is the first time I have used github, so please let me know if
> > > >>>>this
> > > >>>>works as expected.
> > > >>>Dave,
> > > >>>
> > > >>>I must first admit knowing _nothing_ about OSProcess, so following
> > > >>>remarks may be less than intelligent.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>The Cuis-Smalltalk-OSProcess GIT project cloned just fine.
> > > >>>
> > > >>On the contrary, very helpful - thanks!
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>>I made some guesses about what the OSProcess package requires.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>=================In Workspace:
> > > >>>"OSProcess"
> > > >>>Feature require: 'FFI'.
> > > >>>Feature require: 'SqueakCompatibility'.
> > > >>>Feature require: 'Network-Kernel'.
> > > >>>Feature require: 'OSProcess'.
> > > >>>============================
> > > >>>
> > > >>I updated it to specify SqueakCompatibility and Network-Kernel. The
> > > >>network
> > > >>package is not strictly required, but it is needed for some of the
> unit
> > > >>tests and I cannot imagine that someone using OSProcess would not
> also
> > > >>want networking. FFI is not required (VM plugins are used rather than
> > > >>FFI)
> > > >>so I left that out.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>>There were some test failures.  In particular:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>UnixProcessTestCase
> > > >>>    forkSqueak requires XDisplayControlPlugin
> > > >>>
> > > >>>AioEcentHandlerTestCase
> > > >>>    aio event forwarding not supported
> > > >>>
> > > >>Most likely you are using a Cog VM that does not able to provide the
> X11
> > > >>display control plugin. For purposes of running the full OSProcess
> test
> > > >>suite, it is best to use a standard interpreter VM (from
> > > >>squeakvm.org/unix).
> > > >>Aside from that, Cog is fine for most practical applications of
> > > >>OSProcess,
> > > >>so unless you need some specific function (such as the #forkSqueak
> > > >>methods),
> > > >>it will not matter which VM you are using.
> > > >>
> > > >>Thanks a lot for the help and guidance.
> > > >>
> > > >>Dave
> > > >>
> > > >>
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> > > >
> > >
> >
> > > 'From Cuis 4.2 of 25 July 2013 [latest update: #1918] on 1 January
> 2014 at 3:10:49.143344 pm'!
> > >
> > > !OSProcess class methodsFor: 'version dependent' stamp: 'jmv 1/1/2014
> 14:50'!
> > > isCuis
> > >     "True if this image is Cuis"
> > >
> > >     Smalltalk
> > >             at: #SystemVersion
> > >             ifPresent: [:cls | ^cls current isCuis ].
> > >     ^false! !
> > >
> > >
> > > !OSProcess class methodsFor: 'version dependent' stamp: 'jmv 1/1/2014
> 14:50'!
> > > platformName
> > >     "After Squeak version 3.6, #platformName was moved to
> SmalltalkImage Some
> > >     versions of Pharo move this to OSPlatform and issue deprecation
> warnings
> > >     about the other usages."
> > >
> > >     "OSProcess platformName"
> > >     self isCuis ifTrue: [ ^Smalltalk platformName ].
> > >     self isPharo3AndLater
> > >             ifTrue: [ ^ (Smalltalk perform: #os) name ].
> > >     ^ (((Smalltalk hasClassNamed: #OSPlatform)
> > >                     and: [(Smalltalk at: #OSPlatform)
> > >                                     respondsTo: #platformName])
> > >             ifTrue: [Smalltalk at: #OSPlatform]
> > >             ifFalse: [((Smalltalk classNamed: 'SmalltalkImage')
> > >                             ifNil: [^ Smalltalk osVersion]) current])
> platformName! !
> > >
> >
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