[MacRuby-devel] [ANN] MacRuby 0.4

[Dömötör Gulyás]

I've been successfully building the MacRuby framework as a 32bit
PPC/i386 UB, from trunk, with following command:
RC_ARCHS="ppc i386" rake macruby

For some reason, the order in which the archs are specified matters. I
am not sure how well it actually runs, as I don't have any reports
from PPC users for my app, and it doesn't work in Rosetta.

2009/3/9 Rich Morin <rdm at cfcl.com>:
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Laurent Sansonetti
>> You can learn more about MacRuby, and download a binary installer,
>> from the website:
>>
>> http://ruby.macosforge.org
>>
>> Or about this release more specifically, on our blog:
>>
>> http://www.macruby.org/post/macruby-04
>
> Neither the posting, the web site, nor the blog mentions the fact
> that the binary installer for the new release doesn't include
> support for PowerPC machines:
>
>  $ file /usr/local/bin/macruby
>  /usr/local/bin/macruby:
>    Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures
>    /usr/local/bin/macruby (for architecture i386):
>      Mach-O executable i386
>    /usr/local/bin/macruby (for architecture x86_64):
>      Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64
>
> I downloaded the sources
>
>  $ svn co http://svn.macosforge.org/repository/ruby/MacRuby/tags/0.4 \
>    MacRuby-0.4
>
> and attempted to follow the build instructions on
>
>  http://www.macruby.org/trac/wiki/InstallingMacRuby
>
>  $ cd MacRuby
>  MacRuby: No such file or directory.
>
> Sigh.
>
>  $ ls
>  MacRuby-0.4
>
>  $ cd MacRuby-0.4
>
>  $ rake
>  (in /Local/_Private/Homes/rdm/Private/Work/MacRuby/MacRuby-0.4)
>  Warning: your appear to use a PowerPC machine.  MacRuby's PPC support
>  is very basic and may be dropped in a near future.  Supported
>  architectures are Intel 32-bit and 64-bit (i386 and x86_64).
>  ...
>  compiling readline
>  gcc -I. -I../../.ext/include/universal-darwin9.0 -I..//.././include
>    -I..//.././ext/readline -DRUBY_EXTCONF_H=\"extconf.h\"  -fno-common
>    -fno-common -pipe -O2 -g -Wall -Wno-parentheses -arch ppc -o readline.o
>    -c readline.c
>  readline.c: In function 'filename_completion_proc_call':
>  readline.c:683: warning: implicit declaration of function
> 'completion_matches'
>  readline.c:684: error: 'filename_completion_function' undeclared
>    (first use in this function)
>  readline.c:684: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
>  readline.c:684: error: for each function it appears in.)
>  readline.c:684: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a
> cast
>  readline.c: In function 'username_completion_proc_call':
>  readline.c:709: error: 'username_completion_function' undeclared
>    (first use in this function)
>  readline.c:709: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a
> cast
>  make: *** [readline.o] Error 1
>  rake aborted!
>  Command failed with status (1): [GC_DISABLE=1 ./miniruby -I./lib
> -I.ext/com...]
>  .../MacRuby-0.4/rakefile:591
>  (See full trace by running task with --trace)
>
>
> I think this falls a bit below "very basic support".  :-/
>
>
> I have no argument with Laurent or Apple about their current priorities:
> making MacRuby build and run on PowerPC is a burden that Laurent does not
> need at this point in the development process.  Nor do I have the chops
> or time to dig into the sources and try to make the build work.
>
> However, it's possible that some other folks might be motivated to follow
> along behind Laurent and produce the occasional PowerPC build.  Any takers?
>
>
> Meanwhile, I updated http://www.macruby.org/trac/wiki/InstallingMacRuby to
> reflect the new reality.  The blog does not allow comments, so I was unable
> to post a caveat there.
>
> -r
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