On Fri, 2010-11-05 at 07:18 +0100, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho wrote: > Some issues with the instructions. So the commands should be:
? > svn export http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/fpcbuild/tags/release_2_4_2 fpc242 No? It should be (as in the document): svn export http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/fpcbuild/tags/release_2_4_2 fpcbuild > mkdir fpc242/fpcsrc ?!?HUH?!?! No, just follow the instructions. It will make a directory fpcbuild/fpcsrc > cd fpc242/fpcsrc No: fpcbuild/fpcsrc > unzip gdb....zip Yes. Don't forget the docs-pdf.tar.gz. > > Change into fpcbuild/. Now become root, or use fakeroot, then execute > install/makepack > > ??? > > should this be: > make install > make makepack No, just 'install/makepack'. What's so difficult following the instructions? It's really a no-brainer. So that's what you should not do: think. Just follow the instructions, don't think you know what to do better. > Will it install the new compiler overriding my fpc 2.4.0 ? No. It will build a release, not install it. > Plus, which packages brings TeX in fedora? Here in Mandriva there are > zillions of packages with TeX and I have no idea which one is the > correct one. You don't need these packages to build a .tar release. Only if you build a .rpm or .deb release. (Also mentioned in the document, at least for rpm, I don't do the .deb building) And which packages you need depends on your distribution. On Fedora I need tetex, tetex-latex and tetex-fonts. Joost. _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
