unix start scripts, pwd and error

 
Hi,

I just downloaded the latest VM (Squeak-3.11.3.2135-linux_i386.tar.gz) from the website and installed it.

I remember having a discussion a few months ago about certain unix setup issues (to do with symbolic links) and 'error' as a utility.

I can't remember the solution for error (which isn't available under Linux (debian)), but I remember that instead of just calling 'pwd' to determine the 'bindir' we changed it to 'pwd -P', which is portable to all UNIX variants (at the time) and also deals correctly with symbolic links. These changes don't seem to have made it into the current vm download.

Did those changes not make it in (yet) or am I looking in the wrong places?

Have fun,
Markus



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On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 06:16:10PM -0700, Markus Lampert wrote:
Markus,

Can you provide a link to the earlier discussion, or to a Mantis report?

Thanks,
Dave

 
Hi Dave,

Turns out that the whole discussion was  about the exact same version of the VM, so I guess it might still be released with a new version of the VM. The previous thread happened on squeak-dev:

http://n4.nabble.com/squeak-dev-3-11-3-2135-for-Unix-tt86054.html

Have fun,
Markus




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On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 06:16:10PM -0700, Markus Lampert
Markus,

Can you provide a link to the earlier discussion,
> or to a Mantis report?

Thanks,
Dave


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>>>>> "Markus" == Markus Lampert <[hidden email]> writes:

Markus> I can't remember the solution for error (which isn't available under
Markus> Linux (debian)), but I remember that instead of just calling 'pwd' to
Markus> determine the 'bindir' we changed it to 'pwd -P', which is portable to
Markus> all UNIX variants (at the time) and also deals correctly with symbolic
Markus> links. These changes don't seem to have made it into the current vm
Markus> download.

pwd -P is a relatively modern invention.  I don't have a counter
example, but is there any reason you demand it?

What's wrong with just pwd?

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On Mar 24, 2010, at 9:47 PM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:

>>>>>> "Markus" == Markus Lampert <[hidden email]> writes:
>
> Markus> I remember that instead of just calling 'pwd' to
> Markus> determine the 'bindir' we changed it to 'pwd -P', which is  
> portable to
> Markus> all UNIX variants (at the time)

> pwd -P is a relatively modern invention.

IIRC pwd on Solaris does not recognise this option.

Cheers,
Ian