Graeme Geldenhuys schrieb: > On 4 May 2010 16:04, Michael Van Canneyt <mich...@freepascal.org> wrote: >> We offer a .tar.gz for download, so what is the problem ? >> No-one is forced to use rpm or .deb files ? > > I don't have a problem, but it sounded like Florian has (or I > misunderstood him). From what I understood, he stated that deployment > is easier under Windows
It is *part* of the problem yes. Just look at the lib64/lib mess or finding the right gcc on linux. > and able to run on older Windows without > problems. I simply stated that Linux deployment is easy too, if you > use .tar.gz with pre-build binaries inside See below. > (including running newer > binaries on older systems - non-gui or fpGUI based of course). > fpGUI probably depends as well as the fp text mode ide on glibc etc. so running on older systems is pure luck. _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel