Instance of Object did not understand #asSymbol

[vonbecmann]

Instance of Object did not understand #asSymbol

Pharo image: Pharo6.0#60532
Virtual machine used: CoInterpreter VMMaker.oscog-eem.2266 uuid: 0501d71a-3185-4bdb-a99c-76a5fbbeee22 Sep 1 2017
StackToRegisterMappingCogit VMMaker.oscog-eem.2262 uuid: 8b531242-de02-48aa-b418-8d2dde0bec6c Sep 1 2017
VM: 201708312323 https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm.git $ Date: Fri Sep 1 01:23:24 2017 +0200 $ Plugins: 201708312323 https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm.git $

Platform Name: unix
Class browser used (if applicable): Nautilus

Steps to reproduce:
#. World >> Iceberg
#. Click on 'New repository'
#. Input the following

• Project name: none
• Local directory: 'leave it unchanged'
• Code subdirectory: repository
  #. Click on 'Create repository'

Actual Result:
#. Instance of Object did not understand #asSymbol

Expected Result:
#. a new create repository named none with a subdirectory called repository

[guillep]

This seems to happen in pharo 6.1 download, taken from #582.

The stack trace as provided by @jecisc

Object>>doesNotUnderstand: #asSymbol
IceRepository class>>defaultFileFormat
IceRepositoryCreator>>formatToUse
IceRepositoryCreator>>addPropertiesFileTo:
IceRepositoryCreator>>createNewRepositoryNamed:
[ | repository |
self projectName isEmptyOrNil
	ifTrue: [ Error signal: 'Project name is required' ].
repository := IceRepositoryCreator new
	location: self location / self projectName;
	subdirectory: subdirectory text;
	createNewRepositoryNamed: self projectName.
repository register.
self window delete.
acceptBlock ifNotNil: [ acceptBlock cull: self ] ] in IceNewRepositoryModel>>createRepository in Block: [ | repository |...
BlockClosure>>on:do:
IceNewRepositoryModel>>createRepository
[ self createRepository ] in IceNewRepositoryModel(IceCreateRepositoryModel)>>initializePresenter in Block: [ self createRepository ]
ButtonModel>>performAction
MorphicButtonAdapter>>action
PluggableButtonMorph>>performAction:

[jecisc]

As I said, the problem comes from the content of IceRepository>>defaultFileFormatType.

To see the problem:
Just download a Pharo 61 image (I did it via the PharoLauncher) and inspect IceRepository defaultFileFormatType

[guillep]

Ok, this problem is not in Pharo7 because it's bootstrapped. I have reproduced the problem in Pharo 6.1. It looks like a residual side effect that happened because Iceberg is not correctly migrated.

I'll talk to @estebanlm to see how we can proceed. Because in a couple of weeks we will have a new release of iceberg, which I don't know if it is going to be for Pharo 6.1. In any case, for anybody reading this issue, a workaround is to execute this in your workspace/playground:

IceRepository defaultFileFormatType: nil

[guillep]

This is not valid anymore in latest version.