On 04/08/10 03:34, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
I've some problems with building and testing an new compiler.
1) The buildfaq mentions both PP= and FPC= for the compiler, to be used
by Make. It should be made clear whether these are equivalent, or
(better) only one option should be used across the entire FAQ.
From Makefile (line 104):
ifndef FPC
ifdef PP
FPC=$(PP)
endif
endif
2) An unqualified reference (PP=mypp) most proably fails - where exactly
does Make search for that compiler?
See Makefile from line 109 onwards. It first looks for fpc(.exe) on the
path. If it finds that, it gets the real compiler exe with -PB. If
fpc(.exe) isn't found, it tries to find ppc386(.exe) on the path.
5) A matter of convenience: Currently the easiest way to get both FPC
and Lazarus up (on a Windows system) is the installation of Lazarus
0.9.28, including FPC 2.2.4 and all required build tools. That's the
latest Lazarus/FPC distribution, available for almost all platforms,
that runs off the shelf. Unfortunately the 2.2.4 compiler can not
compile the 2.5 sources, so that another binary must be installed. In
the worst case multiple (make and install) steps are required, until the
2.5 sources can be compiled by a 2.4 version - including all the RTL
stuff. Can we get some more version compatibility?
On Windows, I usually install latest fpc release, then I check out
lazarus and build it. That's pretty simple, no?
Henry
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