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22 May 2003 15:26:34 -0400 |
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> 1. Re: Using java with Swarm on Mac OS X (Marcus G. Daniels)
> 2. RH7.3 and 9 RPMs for newest swarm snapshot (Paul E. Johnson)
> 3. Re: RH7.3 and 9 RPMs for newest swarm snapshot (Marcus G. Daniels)
> 4. Re: Swarm again (Paul Johnson)
> 5. A Question about native libraries accessed by Java on OS X (mike long)
> 6. Re: A Question about native libraries accessed by
> Java on OS X (Marcus G. Daniels)
> 7. Re: Multi agent environment interaction (Kanagaraj Krishna)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 13:16:44 -0600
> From: "Marcus G. Daniels" <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [Swarm-Support] Using java with Swarm on Mac OS X
> Reply-To: address@hidden
>
> mike long wrote:
>
> >I have been using Swarm on Linux using Java for awhile now and have
> >decided to use it on the Mac instead. I have successfully installed the
> >Swarm binaries on OS X.
> >
> It's not working.
>
> The remaining problem is a crash in the Objective C runtime as the
> javaswarm.dll is loaded.
> The usual reason for this is that the dynamic linker doesn't call the
> constructors or doesn't call them in the right order. However, this
> doesn't seem to be the case. Perhaps it has to do with some namespace
> clash against symbols already in the MacOS X Java runtime. Someone
> needs to get their hands good and bloody and figure out what's happening.
>
> Another idea is to get Kaffe working (if nothing else an environment
> where there is source code to everything.)
> If there is a more general bug, a non-JVM related problem happening,
> that might make it easier to figure out.
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 22:44:20 -0500
> From: "Paul E. Johnson" <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden, Thomas Badegruber <address@hidden>
> Subject: [Swarm-Support] RH7.3 and 9 RPMs for newest swarm snapshot
> Reply-To: address@hidden
>
> I decided to upgrade all my RedHat systems but one, so the RH 7.3 system
> I have left needed new Swarm, and all of you users of last year's RH
> benefit:
>
>
> Here is the announcement:
>
> *New Swarm RPMS for RH 7.3 systems*
>
> I just rebuilt hdf5-1.4.5post2 and Swarm-2.1.143.20030513 on a RedHat
> 7.3 system.
>
> The RPMS are posted here, as usual:
>
> http://lark.cc.ku.edu/~pauljohn/Swarm/Swarm-2.2x_RPMSforRH7.3/
>
> These were built with gcc3 from the packages posted here:
>
> http://lark.cc.ku.edu/~pauljohn/Swarm/miscSupportSoftware/gcc-upgrades/3.0.4RH72/
>
> <http://lark.cc.ku.edu/%7Epauljohn/Swarm/miscSupportSoftware/gcc-upgrades/3.0.4RH72/>
>
>
>
> I believe it is necessary for you to have gcc3 to install these RPMs.
> But the gcc3 that RedHat distributes will suffice, I think. Try for
> yourself, let me know.
>
> *About Java Support*
>
> I just installed this rpm from Sun in order to support Sun JDK: *
> j2sdk-1.4.1_02-fcs *
>
> In case you want to install swarm-jdk, you need that. OR else you need
> to do some fancy footwork with symbolic links and RPM dependencies.
>
>
> Now, about RedHat 9.
>
>
> In case you are a RH9 user, of course, I also have the big delicious
> treat for you, but I think everybody knew about that one:
>
> http://lark.cc.ku.edu/~pauljohn/Swarm/Swarm-2.2x_RH9.0/
>
> use
>
> hdf5-1.4.5post2-1RH90.i386.rpm
>
> swarm-2.1.143.20030512
>
>
> About this new RPM that the rpm builder just started making:
>
> swarm-debuginfo-2.1.143.20030512-1RH9.0.i386.rpm
>
> This is an optional install that contains information that gdb can read
> when you are trying to debug Swarm itself. I have confirmed with the RPM
> team that this is not a required package in any sense. Rather, it is a
> collection of elements that RPM used to throw away when compiled files
> were stripped. So it is an enhancement. gdb should work the same as it
> always did for you even if you do not install this package.
>
> The swarm-static package is needed only if you want to try to compile
> Swarm programs statically (with no shared libraries) or if you want to
> profile a Swarm program. I don't know of any other uses for
> swarm-static, but I'm always keeping my ears open.
>
> --
> Paul E. Johnson email: address@hidden
> Dept. of Political Science http://lark.cc.ukans.edu/~pauljohn
> University of Kansas Office: (785) 864-9086
> Lawrence, Kansas 66045 FAX: (785) 864-5700
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 23:04:38 -0600
> From: "Marcus G. Daniels" <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [Swarm-Support] RH7.3 and 9 RPMs for newest swarm snapshot
> Reply-To: address@hidden
>
> Paul E. Johnson wrote:
>
> > I don't know of any other uses for swarm-static, but I'm always
> > keeping my ears open.
>
> Static executables are somewhat faster, especially on x86 ELF-based
> systems like Linux.
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 08:32:04 -0500
> From: Paul Johnson <address@hidden>
> To: Izak Burger <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> Subject: [Swarm-Support] Re: Swarm again
> Reply-To: address@hidden
>
> Hello, Izak
>
> You have happened upon the libtool scourge. I see the same in RedHat
> when certain versions of libtool exist.
>
> Here's the problem. libtool is looking in /usr/lib/swarm but instead the
> files are in /tmp/swarm-root/usr/lib/swarm. At one time, I had changed
> the ltmain.sh in Swarm to avoid this, but that changed did not work with
> one version of libtool or another, so it got ditched.
>
> So here is the fix.
>
> After the RPM build runs one time, note in your build directory BUILD
> you have swarm, cd in there, and cd into the directory called
> "=with-hdf". su to the root user, then run "make install". This
> actually installs the stuff to /usr.
>
> Then run the RPM build again, and it will find the libraries it needs.
>
> You can then manually delete the swarm install, from /usr/include/swarm,
> usr/lib/swarm, etc.
>
> Then when you install the Swarm RPM,
>
> Izak Burger wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Thank you so much for your reply. I downloaded the new source rpm and
> > building it went a lot more smoothly, well, up to the final part where it
> > actually creates the rpm. At this point, I got this error:
> >
> > RPM build errors:
> > File not found: /tmp/swarm-root/usr/lib/swarm/libswarm.la
> > File not found by glob: /tmp/swarm-root/usr/lib/swarm/libswarm.so*
> > File not found: /tmp/swarm-root/usr/lib/swarm/libswarm.a
> > File not found by glob: /tmp/swarm-root/usr/lib/swarm/libjavaswarm*.la
> > File not found by glob: /tmp/swarm-root/usr/lib/swarm/libjavaswarm*.so*
> > File not found: /tmp/swarm-root/usr/lib/swarm/libjavaswarm.a
> >
> > After much hunting arround, creating logfiles and such, I see that these
> > missing files are all caused by a failed invocation of libtool. Libtool
> > attempts to relink (?) them, and fails. Not knowing too much about
> > libtool, I eventually decided to just link the missing files myself, and
> > build the rpm with --short-circuit.
> >
> > regards,
> > Izak Burger
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 16 May 2003, Paul E. Johnson wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Yes, with gcc 3.2-2002-09-09, I can compile swarm with the -Werror flag.
> >> Before or after gcc, not so. gcc 3.2 produces an internal compiler
> >>error. With some other gcc-3.2, you can compile swarm, but not with the
> >>-Werror flag. Marcus Daniels told me that there would be some kind of
> >>capstone release of gcc soon that might address it.
> >>
> >>In swarm-hackers, we have discussed this lately. We want not to patch
> >>gcc anymore. We want Swarm to compile without special make flags. The
> >>newest Swarm has been hacked so it no longer needs the specially patched
> >>gcc to enable METHOD_FUNCTIONS.
> >>
> >>I have just this minute moved RPMS/SRPM up to the RH 9 directory. Look
> >>for swarm-2.1.143
> >>
> >>The srpm is
> >>
> >> swarm-2.1.143.20030512-1RH9.0.src.rpm
> >>
> >>This was based on a current cvs snapshot. i notice that it has the
> >>-Werror removed, probably by one of the Mac users.
> >>
> >>Izak Burger wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hello,
> >>>
> >>>Sorry to bother again, but it looks like I found what I'm looking for.
> >>>You posted this message:
> >>>
> >>>http://www.swarm.org/pipermail/support/2002-October/012608.html
> >>>
> >>>At the end of last year. It looks like the problem is with the gcc 3.2 on
> >>>the system. So the moral of the story is that I'll have to install a
> >>>better gcc first.
> >>>
> >>>Luckily I managed to compile gcc 3.3 for my Debian woody system, so life
> >>>should be easier on the mdk side.
> >>>
> >>>regards,
> >>>Izak Burger
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
> --
> Paul E. Johnson email: address@hidden
> Dept. of Political Science http://lark.cc.ku.edu/~pauljohn
> University of Kansas Office: (785) 864-9086
> Lawrence, Kansas 66045 FAX: (785) 864-5700
>
>
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> Message: 5
> From: mike long <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Date: 21 May 2003 10:41:00 -0400
> Subject: [Swarm-Support] A Question about native libraries accessed by Java
> on OS X
> Reply-To: address@hidden
>
> Hi,
> Yesterday I posted a question about using java on OS X. Understanding
> that I can obtain the jar files for Swarm, I only need to be able to
> instruct the JVM to load the native libraries so that the Java native
> methods can access them. On Linux this was accomplished with the -LD
> option(if I remember correctly) specified when starting the JVM(java).
> So my question is what is the equivalent command I use on the Mac?
>
> Kind Regards,
> Mike Long
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 08:51:00 -0600
> From: "Marcus G. Daniels" <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [Swarm-Support] A Question about native libraries accessed by
> Java on OS X
> Reply-To: address@hidden
>
> mike long wrote:
>
> >Understanding
> >that I can obtain the jar files for Swarm, I only need to be able to
> >instruct the JVM to load the native libraries so that the Java native
> >methods can access them.
> >
> The Swarm native libraries don't load correctly into the JVM. Why this
> is, no one knows. Maybe it has to do with the malloc implementation,
> some memory map boundary (I didn't see one), the dynamic link loader,
> the presence of two Objective C runtimes, or something else (perhaps
> even a magic flag to the JVM or to the linker). The way to figure it
> out is to sit down and beat at it in the debugger until the problem
> reveals itself. Specifically it dies registering methods as Objective C
> classes are initialized by shared library constructors.
>
>
Thanks for the information. I can't mess with figuring out how to fix
this on the Mac, I don't know enough about that world. I will get
running on Linux again.
Kind Regards,
Mike Long
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>
> Message: 7
> To: address@hidden
> Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 11:51:35 -0700
> From: "Kanagaraj Krishna" <address@hidden>
> Organization: Lycos Mail (http://www.mail.lycos.com:80)
> Subject: [Swarm-Support] Re: Multi agent environment interaction
> Reply-To: address@hidden
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm working on a model in SWARM java, simulating trust among agents in
> multi agent systems . The structure of the model:
>
> -two groups of agents, one is a buyer and the
> other a trader
> -each group has its own rules and functions.
> -buyer agents will have two types, trustable agent
> and untrustable
> -trader agents will have the same two types
> -buyer agents and traders will meet and communicate
> with each other to do transactions and then
> update their own trust ratings (using maps most
> probably....i think). Each agent will keep
> records of all the meetings between them.
> -first buyer agents will look for known traders
> (past transactions records) and if there are
> none it explores other available traders in the
> multiagent world.
>
> Are there any examples that can help me in designing my model (java ones).
>
> I was looking into the CharlesJavaTutorial examples on bugs looking for food.
> It is more straight forward and there is no interaction between agents.Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> Kana
>
>
>
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