Solaris Install problem with Java Swarm (was Re: Assertion failed: __objc_class_hash with Swarm 2.2 snapshot

[Paul Johnson]

You did not report back whether Objective-C swarm programs work or 
whether some java program that we provide, such as jheatbugs-2001-03-28, 
will work. ??

I hope a Solaris user will tell what they did to install swarm. I know 
there are some who read this list.

I have a feeling there is a shared library or foreign function library 
or some such nonsense going on.  If you find out what went wrong, email 
me the solution and I'll put it in the FAQ. Please let me know  your 
configure line.

Vidrine II,C. Kent wrote:
> I have access to gcc via NFS mount to a system that I don't control, so I
> didn't apply the gcc patch. In the article at
> http://www.santafe.edu/projects/swarm/archive/list-archive.0112/0083.html,
> Marcus Daniels states that there is a workaround. I used that workaround
> (commenting a line out in one file followed by a complete build) instead of
> applying the gcc patch. Is the approach that I took problematic?
Should be OK. I think you mean the same patch described here:

http://www.santafe.edu/projects/swarm/archive/list-archive.0204/0087.html
> Also, I used Sun's Java environment rather than Jikes.
Well, jikes is not an environment, its just a JAVAC replacement, and we 
know it works.

> Do you believe that the build process is sensitive enough to the differences
> (Sun's Java vs Jikes, hdf5 1.4.4 vs 1.4.3) that it would cause the
> initialization failure that I'm seeing?

I don't think the "build process" is sensitive.  I do think that if you 
make a configuration mistake or ignore errors and warnings that come 
along when you build swarm, then you will get errors of the sort you 
mention.

There are countless other possibilities, and I hesitate to guess since, 
as I said, I don't do Solaris.

I know  you have been looking at the Swarm email archive, but I'm 
finding comments which indicate various sources of concern. I found 
these to be most intriguing:

http://www.santafe.edu/projects/swarm/archive/list-archive.0110/0082.html

http://www.santafe.edu/projects/swarm/archive/list-archive.0108/0055.html


> -----Original Message-----
> > Please help me correct this error...
> >
> > I recently downloaded, compiled, and installed the Swarm 2.2 development
> > snapshot (swarm-2002-05-14.tar.gz) from
> > ftp://ftp.swarm.org/pub/swarm/src/testing/. My environment is Solaris 8,
>
> gcc
>
> > 3.0.2, with Sun's JDK 1.3.1_01. With the Java program that I've been
>
> using,
>
> > I get the following runtime error before any windows pop up:
> >
> > Assertion failed: __objc_class_hash, file class.c, line 130
> > ./newswarm.sh[25]: 19593 Abort(coredump)
> >
> > FYI, newswarm.sh is the script that I use to set the PATH, CLASSPATH, and
> > LD_LIBRARY_PATH variables. Also, the program that I'm running is a vanilla
> > JHeatBugs version that does nothing fancy. The program runs fine with
>
> Swarm
>
> > 2.1.1.
> >
> > When I look at the file class.c, on line 130, the assertion that fails is
> > this:
> >
> >  /* Make sure the class hash table exists.  */
> >  assert (__objc_class_hash);
> >
> > It appears that this variable should be initialized on line 53 of class.c,
> > so my guess is that either the initialization is failing or the
> > initialization function "void __objc_init_class_tables()" is not getting
> > called.
> >
> > What should I be looking for? How should I go about fixing this problem?
> >
> > Environment summary:
> >
> > Swarm 2.2 snapshot 2002-05-14
> > Solaris 8
> > gcc 3.0.2
> > blt 2.4y
> > tcl and tk 8.3.1
> > hdf5 1.4.4
> > xpm 3.4k
>
>
>
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