Ping on this subject, ie MLVM build for OSX (but not only) in a simpler way ?

2012/5/9 John Rose <john.r.r...@oracle.com>:
> On May 9, 2012, at 11:07 AM, Charles Oliver Nutter wrote:
>
>> I managed to get MLVM to build on OS X Snow Leopard with Henri's scripts. 
>> Notes:
>>
>> * I get a failure like this at the end of the build, but this appears
>> to be after the jdk/jre have successfully built (or at least it
>> appears to work fine): https://gist.github.com/749b4fe1d3b469644c11
>
> Yes, I get this too.  I don't know where it comes from.  There is probably 
> some configuration variable that will make it go away.  Like you, I saw that 
> the build was usable and moved on.
>
>> * In order to get the meth-lazy patches to apply (I'm testing the new
>> indy backend) I had to remove -testable from them. I'd like a cleaner
>> way.
>
> Christian Thalinger, Michael Haupt, and I are working hard to get these 
> patches ready for prime time.  There are several problems that show up in 
> comprehensive testing.  The worst is that TieredCompilation mode shows some 
> failures.  Until we get cleaner tests, we're keeping "-testable".
>
> (This raises the question of whether the keyword is misleading but I can't 
> think of another candidate meaning for "testable".  Keyword means "able to 
> pass reasonable tests", not "able to commence testing"; the latter phrase is 
> the meaning of "buildable".)
>
> You could regard the act of removing "-testable" as the equivalent of 
> clicking through the "yes I know what I'm doing" button.  You can disable the 
> testable filter by adjusting either the series file (which is managed source 
> code) or the guards file (which is unmanaged and private to the installation).
>
> — John
>
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