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• Re: Want a perl6 Binary? (Score:1)

  by kid51 (5328) on 2007.12.30 10:09 (#59839) Homepage Journal

  chromatic wrote:

  Now you have a perl6 binary that can run Perl 6 programs:

  $ ./perl6 languages/perl6/t/01-sanity/01-tap.t

  Caveats: you need to build a shared libparrot with dynamic loading (the default Parrot build, I believe). Also, for now, you can only run the Perl 6 binary from the root directory of a Parrot checkout.

  As written, I think the code is incorrect and is contradicted by the second sentence in the following paragraph. I was only able to execute Perl6 programs with:

  $ ./languages/perl6/perl6 languages/perl6/t/01-sanity/01-tap.t

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  • Re: (Score:2)

    by Ovid (2709)

    Out of curiosity, what platform are you on? I'm still working with the perl6-internals team to figure out how to get this to properly build on my Intel MacBook. We're getting closer, but there are still failures.

    For those following along at home, use the following bash script I hacked together:

    #!/bin/bash
    
    perl Configure.pl --test \
      && make \
      && cd languages/perl6/
    
    make \
      && cd ../..
    
    make pbc_to_c \
      && ./pbc_to_c languages/perl6/perl6.pbc \
     
    • Re: (Score:1)

      by kid51 (5328)

      For the average user, perl Configure.pl will suffice, i.e., you can omit the --test.

      The --test option is something which those working on the configuration and build systems should run, but is not necessary for language developers or those (like myself!) who will be using chromatic's program to run Perl6 program for the first time.

      kid51
    • Re: (Score:1)

      by jasonporritt (8155)

      I'm having issues building r24319 on my Intel MacBook Pro following these instructions. Specifically, when I try the make pbc_to_exe step I get:

      /usr/bin/ld: Undefined symbols:
      _PackFile_fixup_subs
      _PackFile_new
      _PackFile_unpack
      _Parrot_destroy
      _Parrot_exit
      _Parrot_loadbc
      _Parrot_new
      _Parrot_runcode
      _do_sub_pragmas
      collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
      

      I'll spare this thread the details (gcc-4.0, lots of Fink packages installed) but if there's a simple solution it'd be nice to know where to look.
      • Re: (Score:1)

        by chromatic (983)

        That probably means that linking against libparrot fails, whether it's picking up the wrong file or linking incorrectly or not exporting symbols properly. Can you post the contents of pbc_to_exe.pir (generated in the root directory) to parrot-porters@perl.org?

        I'm not a Mac OS X hacker, but if we can find someone who knows how linking works on that platform, we should be able to fix these problems.
        • Re: (Score:1)

          by jasonporritt (8155)

          Added a comment to Ovid's ticket including my pbc_to_exe.pir file.
          
          http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=49226 [perl.org]
        • Re: (Score:1)

          by jasonporritt (8155)

          I found a solution -- you were right to suspect the pbc_to_exe.pir file. I made it link to libparrot.dylib instead of libparrot.a and it is working now.
          
          See reply to ticket: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=49226 [perl.org]