Re: [Help-smalltalk] Re: [bug] intmath.st check fails

[Sean Allen]

I haven't used MacPorts much.. I basically started using it to get all  
the libraries I needed for gst..

Does it lock certain versions of libraries etc to OS versions?
Is it possible there is an issue with a version of a MacPorts library  
that gst uses?

On Jan 18, 2009, at 2:24 AM, Giles Bowkett wrote:

> Hi Sean, yes, I'm on 10.5.4. I pinged my Twitter friend to see if the
> same's true for him. I'll try the system upgrade and see if that
> helps.
>
> On 1/17/09, Sean Allen <address@hidden> wrote:
> > On Jan 17, 2009, at 5:33 PM, Giles Bowkett wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Issue status update for
> > http://smalltalk.gnu.org/project/issue/268
> > > Post a follow up:
> > http://smalltalk.gnu.org/project/comments/add/268
> > > Project:      GNU Smalltalk
> > > Version:      <none>
> > > Component:    Build
> > > Category:     bug reports
> > > Priority:     normal
> > > Assigned to:  Unassigned
> > > Reported by:  swoolerton
> > > Updated by:   gilesgoatboy
> > > -Status:       fixed
> > > +Status:       active
> > >
> > > Hi, I changed the status to active because I still see this bug on  
> > > OS X.
> > > Someone who follows me on Twitter saw it too. We're both on OS X.
> > > intmath.st fails, rockets to 99+% CPU, and hangs forever. make  
> > > install,
> > > and running GNU Smalltalk from the command line, succeed anyway.
> > > MacPorts gives an error message if you try to install GNU  
> > > Smalltalk via
> > > the port package manager, saying it's unavailable for Intel Macs,  
> > > which
> > > in 2009 means most Macs, but in fact mine's Intel and it's running
> > > fine. At least, it handles "Hello world!" and the interactive  
> > > console.
> >
> > Giles, I installed gst via MacPorts w/o an error message and have  
> > run both
> > that version and ones from built from source without issue. I'm using
> > 10.5.6.
> >
> > I just ran intmath.st in less than 10 seconds with both the MacPorts
> > version
> > and my built from source version.
> >
> > Are you on something earlier than 10.5.6?
>
>
> --
> Giles Bowkett
> http://gilesbowkett.com