[squeak-dev] bad URL in instruction on how to build Unix VM from sources

> A friend of mine is trying to build Linux VMs in such a way that he  
> can
> use the parallel port from Squeak with the library mentioned in
>
> http://tecnodacta.com.ar/gira/?p=144
>
> He tried following the instructions in
>
>> http://www.squeakvm.org/unix/platforms/unix/doc/HowToBuildFromSource.html/HowToBuildFromSource-node2.html
>
> but the server mentioned there no longer exists. I told him to replace
> squeak.hpl.hp.com with www.squeakvm.org in the URL and that worked. It
> would be nice if the page could be fixed since he is trying to create
> something that can be reproduced by many teachers in Uruguay who a
> pretty clueless about Squeak, much less about compiling VMs.
>
> Previously he had tried downloading the 3.7-7 sources from the link in
> http://www.squeakvm.org/unix/ but that doesn't include FFI by default.
> Patching generated file such as plugins.int didn't help and VMMaker  
> (but
> the one included in Squeak 3.7 images and the latest one downloaded  
> into
> a 3.10.2 image) refused to allow FFI to be dragged to either the
> internal or external plugin lists.
>
> The reason for trying 3.7-7 first instead of the very latest sources  
> is
> that a change in character input introduced in 3.9-4 makes it
> incompatible with normal Squeak images (I imagine it works with Etoys
> images) if your keyboard has any "strange" characters. I just have to
> press "~" or something like that to get a debugger with new VMs.
>
> -- Jecel