gst-browser-error

gst-browser-error

as an update - the issue is not specific to debian and it is not clear that the problem lies in gnu-smalltalk - the same versions of gst-browser run fine on some distros but not on others

================ SUMMARY ================

* gst-browser fails to run on debian, ubuntu - neither from binary packages nor compiled from git source
* gst-browser runs as expected on parabola from the both binary packages and compiled from git source
* gst-browser fails to run on fedora from binary package but runs as expected when compiled from git source
* gst-browser runs as expected on opensuse from (un-maintained) binary packages but fails to run when compiled from git source
* the REPL appears to be working correctly in all cases

versions<->platforms tested:
  * debian 8 stable     - fail - 'gnu-smalltalk' binary package v3.2.4
  * debian 8 testing    - fail - 'gnu-smalltalk' binary package v3.2.5
  * debian 8 testing    - fail - git source v3.2.92
  * parabola            - pass - 'smalltalk' binary package v3.2.92
  * parabola            - pass - git source v3.2.92
  * fedora 24           - fail - 'gnu-smalltalk' binary package v3.2.5
  * fedora 24           - pass - git source v3.2.92
  * ubuntu 16.04        - fail - 'gnu-smalltalk' binary package v3.2.5
  * ubuntu 16.04        - fail - git source v3.2.92
  * opensuse tumbleweed - pass - 'smalltalk' binary package v3.2.5
  * opensuse tumbleweed - fail - git source v3.2.92

details below:



================ DEBIAN8/STABLE BINARY PACKAGE ================

on debian 8 using the 'gnu-smalltalk' binary package from the 'stable' repos - the process starts and does not crash but no window is created

$ gst-browser
Object: CFunctionDescriptor new: 1 "<0x7f7b2b418530>" error: Invalid C call-out g_date_get_type
SystemExceptions.CInterfaceError(Smalltalk.Exception)>>signal (ExcHandling.st:254)
SystemExceptions.CInterfaceError class(Smalltalk.Exception class)>>signal: (ExcHandling.st:161)
Smalltalk.CFunctionDescriptor(Smalltalk.CCallable)>>callInto: (CCallable.st:165)
GDate class>>getType (GTK.star#VFS.ZipFile/Funcs.st:1)
optimized [] in GLib class>>registerAllTypes (GTK.star#VFS.ZipFile/GtkDecl.st:78)
Smalltalk.OrderedCollection>>do: (OrderColl.st:68)
GLib class>>registerAllTypes (GTK.star#VFS.ZipFile/GtkDecl.st:78)
Smalltalk.UndefinedObject>>executeStatements (GTK.star#VFS.ZipFile/GtkImpl.st:1078)
Object: CFunctionDescriptor new: 1 "<0x7f7b2b4c22d0>" error: Invalid C call-out gtk_window_new
SystemExceptions.CInterfaceError(Exception)>>signal (ExcHandling.st:254)
SystemExceptions.CInterfaceError class(Exception class)>>signal: (ExcHandling.st:161)
CFunctionDescriptor(CCallable)>>callInto: (CCallable.st:165)
GTK.GtkWindow class>>new: (GTK.star#VFS.ZipFile/Funcs.st:1)
VisualGST.GtkDebugger(VisualGST.GtkMainWindow)>>initialize (VisualGST.star#VFS.ZipFile/GtkMainWindow.st:131)
VisualGST.GtkDebugger class(VisualGST.GtkMainWindow class)>>openSized: (VisualGST.star#VFS.ZipFile/GtkMainWindow.st:19)
[] in VisualGST.GtkDebugger class>>open: (VisualGST.star#VFS.ZipFile/Debugger/GtkDebugger.st:16)
[] in BlockClosure>>forkDebugger (DebugTools.star#VFS.ZipFile/DebugTools.st:380)
[] in Process>>onBlock:at:suspend: (Process.st:392)
BlockClosure>>on:do: (BlkClosure.st:193)
[] in Process>>onBlock:at:suspend: (Process.st:393)
BlockClosure>>ensure: (BlkClosure.st:269)
[] in Process>>onBlock:at:suspend: (Process.st:370)
[] in BlockClosure>>asContext: (BlkClosure.st:179)
BlockContext class>>fromClosure:parent: (BlkContext.st:68)

    ( NOTE: blocking here - process has PID but no window is created )

^CObject: CFunctionDescriptor new: 1 "<0x7f7b2b4c22d0>" error: Invalid C call-out gtk_window_new
SystemExceptions.CInterfaceError(Exception)>>signal (ExcHandling.st:254)
SystemExceptions.CInterfaceError class(Exception class)>>signal: (ExcHandling.st:161)
CFunctionDescriptor(CCallable)>>callInto: (CCallable.st:165)
GTK.GtkWindow class>>new: (GTK.star#VFS.ZipFile/Funcs.st:1)
VisualGST.GtkDebugger(VisualGST.GtkMainWindow)>>initialize (VisualGST.star#VFS.ZipFile/GtkMainWindow.st:131)
VisualGST.GtkDebugger class(VisualGST.GtkMainWindow class)>>openSized: (VisualGST.star#VFS.ZipFile/GtkMainWindow.st:19)
[] in VisualGST.GtkDebugger class>>open: (VisualGST.star#VFS.ZipFile/Debugger/GtkDebugger.st:16)
[] in BlockClosure>>forkDebugger (DebugTools.star#VFS.ZipFile/DebugTools.st:380)
[] in Process>>onBlock:at:suspend: (Process.st:392)
BlockClosure>>on:do: (BlkClosure.st:193)
[] in Process>>onBlock:at:suspend: (Process.st:393)
BlockClosure>>ensure: (BlkClosure.st:269)
[] in Process>>onBlock:at:suspend: (Process.st:370)
[] in BlockClosure>>asContext: (BlkClosure.st:179)
BlockContext class>>fromClosure:parent: (BlkContext.st:68)


$ gst --version
GNU Smalltalk version 3.2.4
....
Using default kernel path: /usr/share/gnu-smalltalk/kernel
Using default image path: /usr/lib/gnu-smalltalk


$ ls /usr/lib/gnu-smalltalk/
digest-3.2.4.so  gst-gtk-3.2.4.so  GTK.star       iconv-3.2.4.so  libc.la
digest.so        gst-gtk.so        i18n-3.2.4.so  iconv.so        vfs
gnutls-wrapper   gst.im            i18n.so        libcairo.so


$ ls /usr/share/gnu-smalltalk/
Announcements.star        Java.star                 SUnit.star
Cairo.star                kernel                    Swazoo.star
ClassPublisher.star       Magritte-Seaside.star     unsupported
Compiler.star             Magritte.star             VFSAddOns.star
Complex.star              NetClients.star           VisualGST.star
Continuations.star        packages.xml              WebServer.star
CParser.star              Parser.star               XML-DOM.star
DBD-MySQL.star            ProfileTools.star         XML-ParserTests.star
DBI.star                  ROE.star                  XML-PullParser.star
DebugTools.star           SandstoneDb.star          XML-SAXDriver.star
DhbNumericalMethods.star  scripts                   XML-SAXParser.star
Digest.star               Seaside-Core.star         XML-XMLNodeBuilder.star
examples                  Seaside-Development.star  XML-XMLParser.star
Glorp.star                Seaside-Examples.star     XPath.star
GNUPlot.star              Seaside.star              XSL.star
I18N.star                 Sockets.star
Iconv.star                Sport.star


$ ls /usr/share/gnu-smalltalk/kernel/
AbstNamespc.st    CompildMeth.st   Fraction.st     ObjDumper.st      SmallInt.st
AnsiDates.st      CompiledBlk.st   Generator.st    Object.st         SortCollect.st
ArrayColl.st      ContextPart.st   Getopt.st       ObjMemory.st      StreamOps.st
Array.st          Continuation.st  HashedColl.st   OrderColl.st      Stream.st
Association.st    CStruct.st       HomedAssoc.st   OtherArrays.st    String.st
Autoload.st       CType.st         IdentDict.st    PkgLoader.st      Symbol.st
Bag.st            Date.st          IdentitySet.st  Point.st          SymLink.st
Behavior.st       DeferBinding.st  Integer.st      PosStream.st      SysDict.st
BindingDict.st    Delay.st         Interval.st     ProcEnv.st        SysExcept.st
BlkClosure.st     Dictionary.st    Iterable.st     Process.st        Time.st
BlkContext.st     Directory.st     LargeInt.st     ProcSched.st      Transcript.st
Boolean.st        DirMessage.st    LinkedList.st   Random.st         True.st
Builtins.st       DLD.st           Link.st         ReadStream.st     UndefObject.st
ByteArray.st      DynVariable.st   LookupKey.st    Rectangle.st      UniChar.st
CallinProcess.st  ExcHandling.st   LookupTable.st  RecursionLock.st  UniString.st
CCallable.st      False.st         Magnitude.st    Regex.st          URL.st
CCallback.st      FileDescr.st     MappedColl.st   RootNamespc.st    ValueAdapt.st
CFuncs.st         FilePath.st      Memory.st       RunArray.st       VarBinding.st
Character.st      FileSegment.st   Message.st      RWStream.st       VFS.st
CharArray.st      File.st          Metaclass.st    ScaledDec.st      VFSZip.st
ClassDesc.st      FileStream.st    MethodDict.st   Security.st       WeakObjects.st
Class.st          FloatD.st        MethodInfo.st   Semaphore.st      WriteStream.st
CObject.st        FloatE.st        MthContext.st   SeqCollect.st
Collection.st     FloatQ.st        Namespace.st    Set.st
CompildCode.st    Float.st         Number.st       SharedQueue.st



================ DEBIAN9/TESTING BINARY PACKAGE ================

on debian 8/testing (next v9) using the 'gnu-smalltalk' binary package from the 'testing' repos various errors are produced - none of which were reproducible - following is the output of the 'gst-browser' program run seven times consecutively - two of the seven times the program launches successfully - five times it exits immediately - and each of the seven attempts produced a distinct result

$ gst-browser
(gst:2231): GLib-CRITICAL **: WARNING!! g_main_context_wait() will be removed in a future release.  If you see this message, please file a bug immediately.
a Smalltalk Stream:2: Aborted
(ip 12)MethodContext(ContextPart)>>#scanBacktraceForAttribute:do:
(ip 14)WrongClass(Exception)>>#instantiateNextHandlerFrom:
(ip 10)WrongClass(Exception)>>#signal
(ip 40)WrongClass class>>#signalOn:mustBe:
(ip 24)WrongClass class>>#signalOn:mustBe:
(ip 28)Dictionary(Object)>>#checkIndexableBounds:
(ip 8)Dictionary(HashedCollection)>>#primAt:
(ip 12)MethodContext(ContextPart)>>#scanBacktraceForAttribute:do:
(ip 6)GtkImage>>#at:addToFinder:
(ip 38)[] in GtkImage>>#buildClassModel
(ip 4)[] in Behavior>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 26)Array(SequenceableCollection)>>#do:
(ip 14)Metaclass(Behavior)>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 8)[] in Behavior>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 26)Array(SequenceableCollection)>>#do:
(ip 14)Metaclass(Behavior)>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 8)[] in Behavior>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 26)Array(SequenceableCollection)>>#do:
(ip 14)Metaclass(Behavior)>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 8)[] in Behavior>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 26)Array(SequenceableCollection)>>#do:
(ip 14)Metaclass(Behavior)>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 8)[] in Behavior>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 26)Array(SequenceableCollection)>>#do:
(ip 14)Metaclass(Behavior)>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 8)[] in Behavior>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 26)Array(SequenceableCollection)>>#do:
(ip 14)Metaclass(Behavior)>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 8)[] in Behavior>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 26)Array(SequenceableCollection)>>#do:
(ip 14)Metaclass(Behavior)>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 8)[] in Behavior>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 26)Array(SequenceableCollection)>>#do:
(ip 14)Class class(Behavior)>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 8)GtkImage>>#buildClassModel
(ip 20)GtkImage>>#initialize
(ip 10)GtkImage class>>#new
(ip 18)[] in GtkImageWidget>>#buildClassAndMethodList
(ip 52)[] in Process>>#onBlock:at:suspend:
(ip 12)<unwind> BlockClosure>>#on:do:
(ip 10)[] in Process>>#onBlock:at:suspend:
(ip 6)<unwind> BlockClosure>>#ensure:
(ip 6)[] in Process>>#onBlock:at:suspend:
(ip 42)[] in BlockClosure>>#asContext:
(ip 14)BlockContext class>>#fromClosure:parent:
(Aborted

    ( NOTE: no window is created - application exits immediately )


$ gst-browser
(gst:4321): GLib-CRITICAL **: WARNING!! g_main_context_wait() will be removed in a future release.  If you see this message, please file a bug immediately.
(ip 0))String(Collection)>>#copyEmpty:
(ip 26)GdkEvent class(ClassDescription)>>#nameIn:
(ip 12)GdkEvent class(Class)>>#printOn:
(ip 8)Metaclass>>#printOn:
(ip 8)Metaclass(Object)>>#displayOn:
(ip 18)Metaclass(Object)>>#displayString
(ip 6)ClassFinder>>#displayString
(ip 10)GtkImage>>#at:addToFinder:
(ip 38)[] in GtkImage>>#buildClassModel
(ip 4)[] in Behavior>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 26)Array(SequenceableCollection)>>#do:
(ip 14)Metaclass(Behavior)>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 8)[] in Behavior>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 26)Array(SequenceableCollection)>>#do:
(ip 14)Metaclass(Behavior)>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 8)[] in Behavior>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 26)Array(SequenceableCollection)>>#do:
(ip 14)Class class(Behavior)>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 8)GtkImage>>#buildClassModel
(ip 20)GtkImage>>#initialize
(ip 10)GtkImage class>>#new
(ip 18)[] in GtkImageWidget>>#buildClassAndMethodList
(ip 52)[] in Process>>#onBlock:at:suspend:
(ip 12)<unwind> BlockClosure>>#on:do:
(ip 10)[] in Process>>#onBlock:at:suspend:
(ip 6)<unwind> BlockClosure>>#ensure:
(ip 6)[] in Process>>#onBlock:at:suspend:
(ip 42)[] in BlockClosure>>#asContext:
(ip 14)BlockContext class>>#fromClosure:parent:
a Smalltalk Stream:2: Aborted
(ip 18)MethodContext(ContextPart)>>#scanBacktraceFor:do:
(ip 36)WrongClass(Exception)>>#resignalAsUnhandled:
(ip 8)WrongClass(Exception)>>#defaultAction
(ip 2)[] in Exception>>#instantiateDefaultHandler
(ip 16)WrongClass(Exception)>>#activateHandler:
(ip 24)WrongClass(Exception)>>#signal
(ip 40)WrongClass class>>#signalOn:mustBe:
(ip 24)WrongClass class>>#signalOn:mustBe:
(ip 34)String class(Behavior)>>#new:
(ip 20)ReadWriteStream(WriteStream)>>#growCollection
Aborted

    ( NOTE: no window is created - application exits immediately )


$ gst-browser -v
Loading package Cairo
Loading package Parser
Loading package DebugTools
Loading package SUnit
Loading package Announcements
Loading package GTK
Loading package VisualGST

(gst:4440): GLib-CRITICAL **: WARNING!! g_main_context_wait() will be removed in a future release.  If you see this message, please file a bug immediately.
(ip 30)GtkTreeStore(GtkTreeModel)>>#at:put:
(ip 10)String(Object)>>#->
(ip 34)Dictionary>>#copyAllFrom:
(ip 26)Dictionary(HashedCollection)>>#growBy:
(ip 24)Dictionary(HashedCollection)>>#incrementTally
(ip 20)Dictionary>>#at:put:
(ip 10)[] in Dictionary>>#at:ifAbsentPut:
(ip 12)Dictionary>>#at:ifAbsent:
(ip 8)Dictionary>>#at:ifAbsentPut:
(ip 28)[] in GtkImage>>#buildClassModel
(ip 4)[] in Behavior>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 26)Array(SequenceableCollection)>>#do:
(ip 14)Metaclass(Behavior)>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 8)[] in Behavior>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 26)Array(SequenceableCollection)>>#do:
(ip 14)Metaclass(Behavior)>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 8)[] in Behavior>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 26)Array(SequenceableCollection)>>#do:
(ip 14)Metaclass(Behavior)>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 8)[] in Behavior>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 26)Array(SequenceableCollection)>>#do:
(ip 14)Metaclass(Behavior)>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 8)[] in Behavior>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 26)Array(SequenceableCollection)>>#do:
(ip 14)Class class(Behavior)>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 8)GtkImage>>#buildClassModel
(ip 20)GtkImage>>#initialize
(ip 10)GtkImage class>>#new
(ip 18)[] in GtkImageWidget>>#buildClassAndMethodList
(ip 52)[] in Process>>#onBlock:at:suspend:
(ip 12)<unwind> BlockClosure>>#on:do:
(ip 10)[] in Process>>#onBlock:at:suspend:
(ip 6)<unwind> BlockClosure>>#ensure:
(ip 6)[] in Process>>#onBlock:at:suspend:
(ip 42)[] in BlockClosure>>#asContext:
(ip 14)BlockContext class>>#fromClosure:parent:
a Smalltalk Stream:2: Aborted
a Smalltalk Stream:2: Error occurred while not in byte code interpreter!!
/usr/lib/libgst.so.7(+0x75b77)[0x7fd6e1862b77]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x33040)[0x7fd6e0d72040]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(gsignal+0xcf)[0x7fd6e0d71fdf]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(abort+0x16a)[0x7fd6e0d7340a]
/usr/lib/libgst.so.7(+0x2c8e6)[0x7fd6e18198e6]
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsigsegv.so.2(+0xe38)[0x7fd6e0b3be38]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x33040)[0x7fd6e0d72040]
/usr/lib/libgst.so.7(+0x2dfa1)[0x7fd6e181afa1]
/usr/lib/libgst.so.7(+0x2f26c)[0x7fd6e181c26c]
/usr/lib/libgst.so.7(+0x2fae5)[0x7fd6e181cae5]
Aborted

    ( NOTE: no window is created - application exits immediately )


$ gst-browser
(gst:4536): GLib-CRITICAL **: WARNING!! g_main_context_wait() will be removed in a future release.  If you see this message, please file a bug immediately.
(ip 414930)String>>#,
(ip 26)GtkOffscreenWindow class(ClassDescription)>>#nameIn:

    ( NOTE: window is created - application is running properly here )
    ( NOTE: quitting program normally here choosing "exit without save" - no further output )


$ gst-browser
(gst:4795): GLib-CRITICAL **: WARNING!! g_main_context_wait() will be removed in a future release.  If you see this message, please file a bug immediately.
((ip 36)Dictionary>>#at:put:
a Smalltalk Stream:2: Aborted
Aborted

    ( NOTE: no window is created - application exits immediately )


$ gst-browser
(gst:4888): GLib-CRITICAL **: WARNING!! g_main_context_wait() will be removed in a future release.  If you see this message, please file a bug immediately.
((ip 8)HomedAssociation(Iterable)>>#inject:into:
(ip 34)Dictionary>>#at:put:
(ip 14)GtkImage>>#at:addToFinder:
(ip 38)[] in GtkImage>>#buildClassModel
(ip 4)[] in Behavior>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 26)Array(SequenceableCollection)>>#do:
(ip 14)Metaclass(Behavior)>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 8)[] in Behavior>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 26)Array(SequenceableCollection)>>#do:
(ip 14)Metaclass(Behavior)>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 8)[] in Behavior>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 26)Array(SequenceableCollection)>>#do:
(ip 14)Metaclass(Behavior)>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 8)[] in Behavior>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 26)Array(SequenceableCollection)>>#do:
(ip 14)Metaclass(Behavior)>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 8)[] in Behavior>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 26)Array(SequenceableCollection)>>#do:
(ip 14)Metaclass(Behavior)>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 8)[] in Behavior>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 26)Array(SequenceableCollection)>>#do:
(ip 14)Class class(Behavior)>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 8)GtkImage>>#buildClassModel
(ip 20)GtkImage>>#initialize
(ip 10)GtkImage class>>#new
(ip 18)[] in GtkImageWidget>>#buildClassAndMethodList
(ip 52)[] in Process>>#onBlock:at:suspend:
(ip 12)<unwind> BlockClosure>>#on:do:
(ip 10)[] in Process>>#onBlock:at:suspend:
(ip 6)<unwind> BlockClosure>>#ensure:
(ip 6)[] in Process>>#onBlock:at:suspend:
(ip 42)[] in BlockClosure>>#asContext:
(ip 14)BlockContext class>>#fromClosure:parent:
a Smalltalk Stream:2: Aborted
(ip 360377560)HomedAssociation(Iterable)>>#inject:into:
(ip 34)Dictionary>>#at:put:
(ip 14)GtkImage>>#at:addToFinder:
(ip 38)[] in GtkImage>>#buildClassModel
(ip 4)[] in Behavior>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 26)Array(SequenceableCollection)>>#do:
(ip 14)Metaclass(Behavior)>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 8)[] in Behavior>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 26)Array(SequenceableCollection)>>#do:
(ip 14)Metaclass(Behavior)>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 8)[] in Behavior>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 26)Array(SequenceableCollection)>>#do:
(ip 14)Metaclass(Behavior)>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 8)[] in Behavior>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 26)Array(SequenceableCollection)>>#do:
(ip 14)Metaclass(Behavior)>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 8)[] in Behavior>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 26)Array(SequenceableCollection)>>#do:
(ip 14)Metaclass(Behavior)>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 8)[] in Behavior>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 26)Array(SequenceableCollection)>>#do:
(ip 14)Class class(Behavior)>>#allSubclassesDo:
(ip 8)GtkImage>>#buildClassModel
(ip 20)GtkImage>>#initialize
(ip 10)GtkImage class>>#new
(ip 18)[] in GtkImageWidget>>#buildClassAndMethodList
(ip 52)[] in Process>>#onBlock:at:suspend:
(ip 12)<unwind> BlockClosure>>#on:do:
(ip 10)[] in Process>>#onBlock:at:suspend:
(ip 6)<unwind> BlockClosure>>#ensure:
(ip 6)[] in Process>>#onBlock:at:suspend:
(ip 42)[] in BlockClosure>>#asContext:
(ip 14)BlockContext class>>#fromClosure:parent:
Aborted


$ gst-browser
(gst:4991): GLib-CRITICAL **: WARNING!! g_main_context_wait() will be removed in a future release.  If you see this message, please file a bug immediately.
(ip 6)[] in Behavior>>#allSubclassesDo:

    ( NOTE: window is created - application is running properly here )
    ( NOTE: quitting program normally here choosing "exit without save" - no further output )


$ gst --version
GNU Smalltalk version 3.2.5
....
Using default kernel path: /usr/share/gnu-smalltalk/kernel
Using default image path: /usr/lib/gnu-smalltalk


$ ls /usr/share/gnu-smalltalk/
Announcements.star        Glorp.star             SandstoneDb.star          WebServer.star
Cairo.star                GNUPlot.star           scripts                   XML-DOM.star
ClassPublisher.star       I18N.star              Seaside-Core.star         XML-ParserTests.star
Compiler.star             Iconv.star             Seaside-Development.star  XML-PullParser.star
Complex.star              Java.star              Seaside-Examples.star     XML-SAXDriver.star
Continuations.star        kernel                 Seaside.star              XML-SAXParser.star
CParser.star              Magritte-Seaside.star  Sockets.star              XML-XMLNodeBuilder.star
DBD-MySQL.star            Magritte.star          Sport.star                XML-XMLParser.star
DBI.star                  NetClients.star        SUnit.star                XPath.star
DebugTools.star           packages.xml           Swazoo.star               XSL.star
DhbNumericalMethods.star  Parser.star            unsupported
Digest.star               ProfileTools.star      VFSAddOns.star
examples                  ROE.star               VisualGST.star


$ ls /usr/share/gnu-smalltalk/kernel/
AbstNamespc.st    Class.st         FilePath.st     LookupKey.st    Process.st        Symbol.st
AnsiDates.st      CObject.st       FileSegment.st  LookupTable.st  ProcSched.st      SymLink.st
ArrayColl.st      Collection.st    File.st         Magnitude.st    Random.st         SysDict.st
Array.st          CompildCode.st   FileStream.st   MappedColl.st   ReadStream.st     SysExcept.st
Association.st    CompildMeth.st   FloatD.st       Memory.st       Rectangle.st      Time.st
Autoload.st       CompiledBlk.st   FloatE.st       Message.st      RecursionLock.st  Transcript.st
Bag.st            ContextPart.st   FloatQ.st       Metaclass.st    Regex.st          True.st
Behavior.st       Continuation.st  Float.st        MethodDict.st   RootNamespc.st    UndefObject.st
BindingDict.st    CStruct.st       Fraction.st     MethodInfo.st   RunArray.st       UniChar.st
BlkClosure.st     CType.st         Generator.st    MthContext.st   RWStream.st       UniString.st
BlkContext.st     Date.st          Getopt.st       Namespace.st    ScaledDec.st      URL.st
Boolean.st        DeferBinding.st  HashedColl.st   Number.st       Security.st       ValueAdapt.st
Builtins.st       Delay.st         HomedAssoc.st   ObjDumper.st    Semaphore.st      VarBinding.st
ByteArray.st      Dictionary.st    IdentDict.st    Object.st       SeqCollect.st     VFS.st
CallinProcess.st  Directory.st     IdentitySet.st  ObjMemory.st    Set.st            VFSZip.st
CCallable.st      DirMessage.st    Integer.st      OrderColl.st    SharedQueue.st    WeakObjects.st
CCallback.st      DLD.st           Interval.st     OtherArrays.st  SmallInt.st       WriteStream.st
CFuncs.st         DynVariable.st   Iterable.st     PkgLoader.st    SortCollect.st
Character.st      ExcHandling.st   LargeInt.st     Point.st        StreamOps.st
CharArray.st      False.st         LinkedList.st   PosStream.st    Stream.st
ClassDesc.st      FileDescr.st     Link.st         ProcEnv.st      String.st


$ ls /usr/lib/gnu-smalltalk/
digest-3.2.5.so  gnutls-wrapper    gst-gtk.so  GTK.star       i18n.so         iconv.so  vfs
digest.so        gst-gtk-3.2.5.so  gst.im      i18n-3.2.5.so  iconv-3.2.5.so  libc.la



================ DEBIAN9/TESTING FROM SOURCE ================

when compiled per the developer's guide at http://smalltalk.gnu.org/wiki/hackers-guide-working-build-tree from the current upstream source http://git.savannah.gnu.org/r/smalltalk.git - the 'make check' tests pass but gst-browser and gst-blox exit immediately

$ ./configure --prefix=`pwd`/dist && make && make check
....
133 tests behaved as expected.
2 tests were skipped.


$ ./dist/bin/gst --version
GNU Smalltalk version 3.2.92-54f5008


$ ./dist/bin/gst-browser
Object: PackageLoader class error: Invalid argument GTK: package not found
SystemExceptions.PackageNotAvailable(Exception)>>signal (ExcHandling.st:254)
SystemExceptions.PackageNotAvailable(Exception)>>signal:(ExcHandling.st:264)
SystemExceptions.PackageNotAvailable class(SystemExceptions.NotFound class)>>signalOn:what: (SysExcept.st:736)
SystemExceptions.PackageNotAvailable class>>signal: (PkgLoader.st:57)
optimized [] in PackageLoader class>>fileInPackages: (PkgLoader.st:1970)
[] in Kernel.PackageDirectories(Kernel.PackageGroup)>>extractDependenciesFor:ifMissing: (PkgLoader.st:165)
Kernel.PackageDirectories>>at:ifAbsent: (PkgLoader.st:231)
[] in Kernel.PackageDirectories(Kernel.PackageGroup)>>extractDependenciesFor:ifMissing: (PkgLoader.st:165)
Set(HashedCollection)>>do: (HashedColl.st:200)
Kernel.PackageDirectories(Kernel.PackageGroup)>>extractDependenciesFor:ifMissing: (PkgLoader.st:173)
PackageLoader class>>fileInPackages: (PkgLoader.st:1969)
PackageLoader class>>fileInPackage: (PkgLoader.st:1959)
Package(Kernel.PackageInfo)>>fileIn (PkgLoader.st:488)
optimized [] in UndefinedObject>>executeStatements (dist/share/smalltalk/scripts/Load.st:126)
OrderedCollection>>do: (OrderColl.st:67)
[] in UndefinedObject>>executeStatements (dist/share/smalltalk/scripts/Load.st:124)
[] in BlockClosure>>ifCurtailed: (BlkClosure.st:290)
BlockClosure>>ensure: (BlkClosure.st:271)
BlockClosure>>ifCurtailed: (BlkClosure.st:276)
UndefinedObject>>executeStatements (dist/share/smalltalk/scripts/Load.st:114)


$ ./dist/bin/gst-blox
Object: PackageLoader class error: Invalid argument Blox: package not found
SystemExceptions.PackageNotAvailable(Exception)>>signal (ExcHandling.st:254)
SystemExceptions.PackageNotAvailable(Exception)>>signal: (ExcHandling.st:264)
SystemExceptions.PackageNotAvailable class(SystemExceptions.NotFound class)>>signalOn:what: (SysExcept.st:736)
SystemExceptions.PackageNotAvailable class>>signal: (PkgLoader.st:57)
optimized [] in PackageLoader class>>fileInPackages: (PkgLoader.st:1970)
[] in Kernel.PackageDirectories(Kernel.PackageGroup)>>extractDependenciesFor:ifMissing: (PkgLoader.st:165)
Kernel.PackageDirectories>>at:ifAbsent: (PkgLoader.st:231)
[] in Kernel.PackageDirectories(Kernel.PackageGroup)>>extractDependenciesFor:ifMissing: (PkgLoader.st:165)
Set(HashedCollection)>>do: (HashedColl.st:200)
Kernel.PackageDirectories(Kernel.PackageGroup)>>extractDependenciesFor:ifMissing: (PkgLoader.st:173)
PackageLoader class>>fileInPackages: (PkgLoader.st:1969)
PackageLoader class>>fileInPackage: (PkgLoader.st:1959)
Kernel.StarPackage(Kernel.PackageInfo)>>fileIn (PkgLoader.st:488)
optimized [] in UndefinedObject>>executeStatements (dist/share/smalltalk/scripts/Load.st:126)
OrderedCollection>>do: (OrderColl.st:67)
[] in UndefinedObject>>executeStatements (dist/share/smalltalk/scripts/Load.st:124)
[] in BlockClosure>>ifCurtailed: (BlkClosure.st:290)
BlockClosure>>ensure: (BlkClosure.st:271)
BlockClosure>>ifCurtailed: (BlkClosure.st:276)
UndefinedObject>>executeStatements (dist/share/smalltalk/scripts/Load.st:114)



================ PARABOLA BINARY PACKAGE ================

on parabola running from the 'smalltalk' binary package in the parabola repos (from arch repos) the application runs properly with no console output

$ gst -v
GNU Smalltalk version 3.2.92-edb6bad
....
Using default kernel path: /usr/share/smalltalk/kernel
Using default image path: /var/lib/smalltalk



================ PARABOLA FROM SOURCE ================

on parabola gnu-smalltalk built successfully from source and gst-browser ran correctly



================ FEDORA 24 BINARY PACKAGE ================

on fedora 24 running from the 'gnu-smalltalk' binary package in the fedora repos the application exits immediately with error

$ su -c 'dnf install gnu-smalltalk'
....
Installed:
  gnu-smalltalk.x86_64 3.2.5-10.fc24                                             tk.x86_64 1:8.6.5-1.fc24        
....


$ gst --version
GNU Smalltalk version 3.2.5
....
Using default kernel path: /usr/share/gnu-smalltalk/kernel
Using default image path: /usr/lib64/gnu-smalltalk


$ gst-browser
a Smalltalk Stream:2: Aborted
a Smalltalk Stream:2: Error occurred while not in byte code interpreter!!
/usr/bin/../lib64/libgst.so.7(+0x76327)[0x7fd7c4636327]
/usr/bin/../lib64/libc.so.6(+0x347e0)[0x7fd7c302b7e0]
/usr/bin/../lib64/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x35)[0x7fd7c302b765]
/usr/bin/../lib64/libc.so.6(abort+0x16a)[0x7fd7c302d36a]
/usr/bin/../lib64/libgst.so.7(+0x2c226)[0x7fd7c45ec226]
/usr/bin/../lib64/libsigsegv.so.2(+0xda8)[0x7fd7c43bcda8]
/usr/bin/../lib64/libc.so.6(+0x347e0)[0x7fd7c302b7e0]
/usr/bin/../lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_type_check_is_value_type+0x23)[0x7fd79b4c9363]
/usr/bin/../lib64/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(+0x22e025)[0x7fd79ca13025]
/usr/bin/../lib64/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_list_store_new+0xa4)[0x7fd79c9222b4]
Aborted (core dumped)


$ ls /usr/share/gnu-smalltalk/
Announcements.star   CParser.star              GNUPlot.star           OpenGL.star               Seaside.star    XML-Expat.star
BLOXBrowser.star     DBD-MySQL.star            GTK.star               packages.xml              Sockets.star    XML-ParserTests.star
BloxGTK.star         DBD-SQLite.star           I18N.star              Parser.star               Sport.star      XML-PullParser.star
Blox.star            DBI.star                  Iconv.star             ProfileTools.star         SUnit.star      XML-SAXDriver.star
BloxTK.star          DebugTools.star           Java.star              ROE.star                  Swazoo.star     XML-SAXParser.star
Cairo.star           DhbNumericalMethods.star  kernel                 SandstoneDb.star          unsupported     XML-XMLNodeBuilder.star
ClassPublisher.star  Digest.star               Magritte-Seaside.star  scripts                   VFSAddOns.star  XML-XMLParser.star
Compiler.star        examples                  Magritte.star          Seaside-Core.star         VisualGST.star  XPath.star
Complex.star         GDBM.star                 NCurses.star           Seaside-Development.star  WebServer.star  XSL.star
Continuations.star   Glorp.star                NetClients.star        Seaside-Examples.star     XML-DOM.star    ZLib.star


$ ls /usr/share/gnu-smalltalk/kernel/
AbstNamespc.st  CallinProcess.st  Continuation.st  FilePath.st     IdentitySet.st  MethodDict.st   Process.st        Set.st          UndefObject.st
AnsiDates.st    CCallable.st      CStruct.st       FileSegment.st  Integer.st      MethodInfo.st   ProcSched.st      SharedQueue.st  UniChar.st
ArrayColl.st    CCallback.st      CType.st         File.st         Interval.st     MthContext.st   Random.st         SmallInt.st     UniString.st
Array.st        CFuncs.st         Date.st          FileStream.st   Iterable.st     Namespace.st    ReadStream.st     SortCollect.st  URL.st
Association.st  Character.st      DeferBinding.st  FloatD.st       LargeInt.st     Number.st       Rectangle.st      StreamOps.st    ValueAdapt.st
Autoload.st     CharArray.st      Delay.st         FloatE.st       LinkedList.st   ObjDumper.st    RecursionLock.st  Stream.st       VarBinding.st
Bag.st          ClassDesc.st      Dictionary.st    FloatQ.st       Link.st         Object.st       Regex.st          String.st       VFS.st
Behavior.st     Class.st          Directory.st     Float.st        LookupKey.st    ObjMemory.st    RootNamespc.st    Symbol.st       VFSZip.st
BindingDict.st  CObject.st        DirMessage.st    Fraction.st     LookupTable.st  OrderColl.st    RunArray.st       SymLink.st      WeakObjects.st
BlkClosure.st   Collection.st     DLD.st           Generator.st    Magnitude.st    OtherArrays.st  RWStream.st       SysDict.st      WriteStream.st
BlkContext.st   CompildCode.st    DynVariable.st   Getopt.st       MappedColl.st   PkgLoader.st    ScaledDec.st      SysExcept.st
Boolean.st      CompildMeth.st    ExcHandling.st   HashedColl.st   Memory.st       Point.st        Security.st       Time.st
Builtins.st     CompiledBlk.st    False.st         HomedAssoc.st   Message.st      PosStream.st    Semaphore.st      Transcript.st
ByteArray.st    ContextPart.st    FileDescr.st     IdentDict.st    Metaclass.st    ProcEnv.st      SeqCollect.st     True.st


$ ls /usr/lib64/gnu-smalltalk/
blox-tk-3.2.5.so      dbd-sqlite3.so   expat-3.2.5.so  gdbm.so           gst.im              i18n-3.2.5.so   iconv.so
blox-tk.so            digest-3.2.5.so  expat.so        gst-gtk-3.2.5.so  gstopengl-3.2.5.so  i18n.so         zlib-3.2.5.so
dbd-sqlite3-3.2.5.so  digest.so        gdbm-3.2.5.so   gst-gtk.so        gstopengl.so        iconv-3.2.5.so  zlib.so



================ FEDORA 24 FROM SOURCE ================

on fedora 24 gnu-smalltalk AND gst-browser built successfully from source but gst-browser failed to launch unless cairo and gtk dev packages were installed before ./configure but did run properly when they were installed

$ git clone http://git.savannah.gnu.org/r/smalltalk.git && cd smalltalk
....


$ autoreconf -ivf
....


$ ./configure --prefix=`pwd`/dist && make && make install
....


$ ./dist/bin/gst-browser
Object: PackageLoader class error: Invalid argument Cairo: package not found
....


$ su -c 'dnf install cairo-devel'
....
Installed:
  bzip2-devel.x86_64 1.0.6-20.fc24                 cairo-devel.x86_64 1.14.8-1.fc24                 expat-devel.x86_64 2.1.1-2.fc24                  
  fontconfig-devel.x86_64 2.11.94-7.fc24           freetype-devel.x86_64 2.6.3-2.fc24               glib2-devel.x86_64 2.48.2-1.fc24                 
  libX11-devel.x86_64 1.6.3-3.fc24                 libXau-devel.x86_64 1.0.8-6.fc24                 libXdamage-devel.x86_64 1.1.4-8.fc24             
  libXext-devel.x86_64 1.3.3-4.fc24                libXfixes-devel.x86_64 5.0.3-1.fc24              libXrender-devel.x86_64 0.9.10-1.fc24            
  libXxf86vm-devel.x86_64 1.1.4-3.fc24             libdrm-devel.x86_64 2.4.74-1.fc24                libpng-devel.x86_64 2:1.6.26-1.fc24              
  libxcb-devel.x86_64 1.11.1-2.fc24                mesa-libEGL-devel.x86_64 12.0.3-2.fc24           mesa-libGL-devel.x86_64 12.0.3-2.fc24            
  pcre-devel.x86_64 8.39-6.fc24                    pixman-devel.x86_64 0.34.0-2.fc24                xorg-x11-proto-devel.noarch 7.7-19.fc24          
  zlib-devel.x86_64 1.2.8-10.fc24        
....


$ ./configure --prefix=`pwd`/dist && make && make install
....


$ ./dist/bin/gst-browser
Object: PackageLoader class error: Invalid argument GTK: package not found
....


$ su -c 'dnf install gtk-devel'
....
Installed:
  atk-devel.x86_64 2.20.0-1.fc24     gdk-pixbuf2-devel.x86_64 2.34.0-1.fc24  graphite2-devel.x86_64 1.3.6-1.fc24   gtk2-devel.x86_64 2.24.31-1.fc24
  harfbuzz-devel.x86_64 1.2.7-1.fc24 libXcomposite-devel.x86_64 0.4.4-8.fc24 libXcursor-devel.x86_64 1.1.14-6.fc24 libXft-devel.x86_64 2.3.2-4.fc24
  libXi-devel.x86_64 1.7.8-2.fc24    libXinerama-devel.x86_64 1.1.3-6.fc24   libXrandr-devel.x86_64 1.5.1-1.fc24   libicu-devel.x86_64 56.1-7.fc24 
  pango-devel.x86_64 1.40.3-1.fc24  
....


$ ./dist/bin/gst-browser
    ( NOTE: application is running properly with no console output )



================ UBUNTU 16.04 BINARY PACKAGE ================

on ubuntu 16.04 using the 'gnu-smalltalk' binary package from the 'universe' repos - the process starts and does not crash but no window is created
(same issue as debian stable but different version)
(same version as debian testing but different problem)

$ gst-browser 

** (gst:3345): WARNING **: Couldn't connect to accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-zd9DWX6LpD: Connection refused
Object: CFunctionDescriptor new: 1 "<0x7f1ffab334e0>" error: Invalid C call-out pango_matrix_get_type
SystemExceptions.CInterfaceError(Smalltalk.Exception)>>signal (ExcHandling.st:254)
SystemExceptions.CInterfaceError class(Smalltalk.Exception class)>>signal: (ExcHandling.st:161)
Smalltalk.CFunctionDescriptor(Smalltalk.CCallable)>>callInto: (CCallable.st:165)
PangoMatrix class>>getType (GTK.star#VFS.ZipFile/Funcs.st:1)
optimized [] in GLib class>>registerAllTypes (GTK.star#VFS.ZipFile/GtkDecl.st:78)
Smalltalk.OrderedCollection>>do: (OrderColl.st:67)
GLib class>>registerAllTypes (GTK.star#VFS.ZipFile/GtkDecl.st:78)
Smalltalk.UndefinedObject>>executeStatements (GTK.star#VFS.ZipFile/GtkImpl.st:1070)
Object: CFunctionDescriptor new: 1 "<0x7f1ffab443c0>" error: Invalid C call-out gtk_window_new
SystemExceptions.CInterfaceError(Exception)>>signal (ExcHandling.st:254)
SystemExceptions.CInterfaceError class(Exception class)>>signal: (ExcHandling.st:161)
CFunctionDescriptor(CCallable)>>callInto: (CCallable.st:165)
GTK.GtkWindow class>>new: (GTK.star#VFS.ZipFile/Funcs.st:1)
VisualGST.GtkDebugger(VisualGST.GtkMainWindow)>>initialize (VisualGST.star#VFS.ZipFile/GtkMainWindow.st:131)
VisualGST.GtkDebugger class(VisualGST.GtkMainWindow class)>>openSized: (VisualGST.star#VFS.ZipFile/GtkMainWindow.st:17)
[] in VisualGST.GtkDebugger class>>open: (VisualGST.star#VFS.ZipFile/Debugger/GtkDebugger.st:15)
[] in BlockClosure>>forkDebugger (DebugTools.star#VFS.ZipFile/DebugTools.st:380)
[] in Process>>onBlock:at:suspend: (Process.st:415)
BlockClosure>>on:do: (BlkClosure.st:193)
[] in Process>>onBlock:at:suspend: (Process.st:416)
BlockClosure>>ensure: (BlkClosure.st:268)
[] in Process>>onBlock:at:suspend: (Process.st:393)
[] in BlockClosure>>asContext: (BlkClosure.st:179)
BlockContext class>>fromClosure:parent: (BlkContext.st:68)

    ( NOTE: blocking here - process has PID but no window is created )

^CObject: CFunctionDescriptor new: 1 "<0x7f1ffab443c0>" error: Invalid C call-out gtk_window_new
SystemExceptions.CInterfaceError(Exception)>>signal (ExcHandling.st:254)
SystemExceptions.CInterfaceError class(Exception class)>>signal: (ExcHandling.st:161)
CFunctionDescriptor(CCallable)>>callInto: (CCallable.st:165)
GTK.GtkWindow class>>new: (GTK.star#VFS.ZipFile/Funcs.st:1)
VisualGST.GtkDebugger(VisualGST.GtkMainWindow)>>initialize (VisualGST.star#VFS.ZipFile/GtkMainWindow.st:131)
VisualGST.GtkDebugger class(VisualGST.GtkMainWindow class)>>openSized: (VisualGST.star#VFS.ZipFile/GtkMainWindow.st:17)
[] in VisualGST.GtkDebugger class>>open: (VisualGST.star#VFS.ZipFile/Debugger/GtkDebugger.st:15)
[] in BlockClosure>>forkDebugger (DebugTools.star#VFS.ZipFile/DebugTools.st:380)
[] in Process>>onBlock:at:suspend: (Process.st:415)
BlockClosure>>on:do: (BlkClosure.st:193)
[] in Process>>onBlock:at:suspend: (Process.st:416)
BlockClosure>>ensure: (BlkClosure.st:268)
[] in Process>>onBlock:at:suspend: (Process.st:393)
[] in BlockClosure>>asContext: (BlkClosure.st:179)
BlockContext class>>fromClosure:parent: (BlkContext.st:68)


$ gst -v
GNU Smalltalk version 3.2.5
....
Using default kernel path: /usr/share/gnu-smalltalk/kernel
Using default image path: /usr/lib/gnu-smalltalk



================ UBUNTU 16.04 FROM SOURCE ================

when compiled per the developer's guide at http://smalltalk.gnu.org/wiki/hackers-guide-working-build-tree from the current upstream source http://git.savannah.gnu.org/r/smalltalk.git- the 'make check' tests pass but gst-browser and gst-blox exit immediately

$ make check
....
129 tests behaved as expected.
6 tests were skipped.
....


$ ./dist/bin/gst-browser 
Object: PackageLoader class error: Invalid argument Cairo: package not found
SystemExceptions.PackageNotAvailable(Exception)>>signal (ExcHandling.st:254)
SystemExceptions.PackageNotAvailable(Exception)>>signal: (ExcHandling.st:264)
SystemExceptions.PackageNotAvailable class(SystemExceptions.NotFound class)>>signalOn:what: (SysExcept.st:736)
SystemExceptions.PackageNotAvailable class>>signal: (PkgLoader.st:57)
optimized [] in PackageLoader class>>fileInPackages: (PkgLoader.st:1970)
[] in Kernel.PackageDirectories(Kernel.PackageGroup)>>extractDependenciesFor:ifMissing: (PkgLoader.st:165)
Kernel.PackageDirectories>>at:ifAbsent: (PkgLoader.st:231)
[] in Kernel.PackageDirectories(Kernel.PackageGroup)>>extractDependenciesFor:ifMissing: (PkgLoader.st:165)
Set(HashedCollection)>>do: (HashedColl.st:200)
Kernel.PackageDirectories(Kernel.PackageGroup)>>extractDependenciesFor:ifMissing: (PkgLoader.st:173)
PackageLoader class>>fileInPackages: (PkgLoader.st:1969)
PackageLoader class>>fileInPackage: (PkgLoader.st:1959)
Package(Kernel.PackageInfo)>>fileIn (PkgLoader.st:488)
optimized [] in UndefinedObject>>executeStatements (dist/share/smalltalk/scripts/Load.st:126)
OrderedCollection>>do: (OrderColl.st:67)
[] in UndefinedObject>>executeStatements (dist/share/smalltalk/scripts/Load.st:124)
[] in BlockClosure>>ifCurtailed: (BlkClosure.st:290)
BlockClosure>>ensure: (BlkClosure.st:271)
BlockClosure>>ifCurtailed: (BlkClosure.st:276)
UndefinedObject>>executeStatements (dist/share/smalltalk/scripts/Load.st:114)


$ ./dist/bin/gst-blox 
Object: PackageLoader class error: Invalid argument Blox: package not found
SystemExceptions.PackageNotAvailable(Exception)>>signal (ExcHandling.st:254)
SystemExceptions.PackageNotAvailable(Exception)>>signal: (ExcHandling.st:264)
SystemExceptions.PackageNotAvailable class(SystemExceptions.NotFound class)>>signalOn:what: (SysExcept.st:736)
SystemExceptions.PackageNotAvailable class>>signal: (PkgLoader.st:57)
optimized [] in PackageLoader class>>fileInPackages: (PkgLoader.st:1970)
[] in Kernel.PackageDirectories(Kernel.PackageGroup)>>extractDependenciesFor:ifMissing: (PkgLoader.st:165)
Kernel.PackageDirectories>>at:ifAbsent: (PkgLoader.st:231)
[] in Kernel.PackageDirectories(Kernel.PackageGroup)>>extractDependenciesFor:ifMissing: (PkgLoader.st:165)
Set(HashedCollection)>>do: (HashedColl.st:200)
Kernel.PackageDirectories(Kernel.PackageGroup)>>extractDependenciesFor:ifMissing: (PkgLoader.st:173)
PackageLoader class>>fileInPackages: (PkgLoader.st:1969)
PackageLoader class>>fileInPackage: (PkgLoader.st:1959)
Kernel.StarPackage(Kernel.PackageInfo)>>fileIn (PkgLoader.st:488)
optimized [] in UndefinedObject>>executeStatements (dist/share/smalltalk/scripts/Load.st:126)
OrderedCollection>>do: (OrderColl.st:67)
[] in UndefinedObject>>executeStatements (dist/share/smalltalk/scripts/Load.st:124)
[] in BlockClosure>>ifCurtailed: (BlkClosure.st:290)
BlockClosure>>ensure: (BlkClosure.st:271)
BlockClosure>>ifCurtailed: (BlkClosure.st:276)
UndefinedObject>>executeStatements (dist/share/smalltalk/scripts/Load.st:114)



================ OPENSUSE TUMBLEWEED BINARY PACKAGE ================

NOTE: gnu-smalltalk is no longer in the standard repos

on opensuse tumbleweed  using 'smalltalk' binary packages from OBS 'devel' staging (https://build.opensuse.org/project/show?project=devel%3Alanguages%3Asmalltalk) the application runs properly with spurious output to console

$ gst -v
GNU Smalltalk version 3.2.5
....
Using default kernel path: /usr/share/smalltalk/kernel
Using default image path: /usr/lib64/smalltalk



================ OPENSUSE TUMBLEWEED FROM SOURCE ================

on opensuse tumbleweed gnu-smalltalk AND gst-browser built successfully from source but gst-browser failed to launch unless cairo and gtk dev packages were installed before ./configure (much like fedora 24) - however unlike fedora 24 after the cairo and gtk dev packages were installed the gst-browser program launches but just hangs - process has PID but no window is created (much like debian stable) but CPU goes to 100% until killed and no output is printed to the console

./dist/bin/gst-browser 
^C

this gist was related to a post on the gnu-smalltalk mailing list: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-smalltalk/2017-01/msg00002.html it was a follow-up to this post: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-smalltalk/2016-11/msg00000.html neither received replies; but i believe i know why now - i posted another follow-up recently - perhaps it will solve your problem: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-smalltalk/2021-01/msg00079.html if that does not help, i suggest that you subscribe to the mailing list; and send a message describing the problem, and including links above if the problem is the same one https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-smalltalk

Thank you @bill-auger - confirming that the comment on the mailing list did work for me (debian bullseye), the class browser builds and launches successfully when built from source using your configure options.

FWIW, for bugs in distro packages, it is almost always best to report the bug to the distro packager, first - the upstream is usually not responsible for any distro package the reason is simple; and this demonstrates it - now, you have found a solution which fixes the problem for yourself; yet the program is still broken for every other debian user - that is likely to remain true, until someone (maybe you?) reports the bug to debian (hint,hint nudge,nudge)

@bill-auger thanks for following up on this! My notifications were being filtered to the bin, sorry I didn't reply earlier.