Re: Gforth not working on Android 5.0.1

Bernd Paysan <[email protected]> Tue, 19 Nov 2019 11:52:00 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.lang.forth.gforth
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Am Dienstag, 19. November 2019, 00:00:28 CET schrieb Ethan Gardener:
> On Mon, Nov 18, 2019, at 6:12 PM, Marcos Cruz wrote:
> > The other day I installed Gforth on an Android 5.0.1 phone, but all I
> > get when running it is a system dialog: "gnu.gforth has halted".
> > 
> > Recently the package has been updated to version 0.7.9_20191115, but no
> > difference.
> 
> I'm seeing this too, with Android 4.1.2 & gforth itc 0.7.9_20191115
> (presumably; i only know because i updated gforth on this and another
> device at almost the same time.) A version of gforth from 2014 was fine.
> 
> On Android 6.0.1, the problem is not present with gforth itc 0.7.9_20191115.
> 
> I don't have adb at present.  I'm debating with myself whether I want to
> reinstall Android SDK; it took a very large bite out of my SSD with no HDD
> install option.  I wasn't really planning to 'do' Android on these two
> devices anyway.  I got them out today while considering PostMarketOS, then
> saw this mail & thought I'd bisect a little.

Debian has an android-tools-adb package, that would only install adb, nothing 
else.

From my side, I can try installing an old Android in VirtualBox or running 
Gforth in the Android emulators that come with the SDK.

One more option is to install a log viewer right on the phone, like Logcat 
Reader.

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