i caught the below after pulling SVN http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/fpc/branches/fixes_2_4 which took me to rev: 16976
i was running the makefpc.bat from the wiki "how to build from svn" page... not a new never before executed make but one over the existing and now updated system...
W2K-sp4 make[6]: Leaving directory `C:/freepascal/fpc/2.4.3/compiler' c:/freepascal/binutils/i386-win32/gmkdir.exe -p C:/freepascal/fpc/2.4.3/ide/unit s/i386-win32 C:/freepascal/fpc/2.4.3/compiler/ppc386.exe -di386 -dBrowserCol -dGDB -FuC:/free pascal/fpc/2.4.3/compiler/x86 -Ur -Xs -O2 -n -Ur -dNOCATCH -FuC:/freepascal/fpc/ 2.4.3/compiler -FuC:/freepascal/fpc/2.4.3/compiler/i386 -FuC:/freepascal/fpc/2.4 .3/compiler/targets -FuC:/freepascal/fpc/2.4.3/compiler/systems -FuC:/freepascal /fpc/2.4.3/rtl/units/i386-win32 -FiC:/freepascal/fpc/2.4.3/compiler -FiC:/freepa scal/fpc/2.4.3/compiler/i386 -FE. -FUC:/freepascal/fpc/2.4.3/ide/units/i386-win3 2 -dRELEASE compunit.pas agx86att.pas(256,45) Warning: range check error while evaluating constants agx86att.pas(246,16) Warning: unreachable code make[5]: Leaving directory `C:/freepascal/fpc/2.4.3/ide/compiler' make[4]: Leaving directory `C:/freepascal/fpc/2.4.3/ide' make testgdb make[4]: Entering directory `C:/freepascal/fpc/2.4.3/ide' LibGDB not found LIBGDBFILE= GDBLIBDIR=C:/freepascal/fpc/2.4.3/libgdb/win32 make[4]: Leaving directory `C:/freepascal/fpc/2.4.3/ide' _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel