[fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-04-03 Thread Daniel Herzog
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Re: [fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-03-30 Thread Marco van de Voort
> I think this should be a nice solution: > bootstrap---.tar.gz > > This results in: > bootstrap-386-linux-1.9.8.tar.gz containing a 1.0.10 version binary, for > example. > > Please note i used "386" for , not x86, or something. So is > always a valid ppc* ending. This eases up scripting. In th

Re: [fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-03-30 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, Daniel Herzog wrote: > I think this should be a nice solution: > bootstrap---.tar.gz > > This results in: > bootstrap-386-linux-1.9.8.tar.gz containing a 1.0.10 version binary, for > example. > > Please note i used "386" for , not x86, or something. So is > always a valid

Re: [fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-03-30 Thread Daniel Herzog
I think this should be a nice solution: bootstrap---.tar.gz This results in: bootstrap-386-linux-1.9.8.tar.gz containing a 1.0.10 version binary, for example. Please note i used "386" for , not x86, or something. So is always a valid ppc* ending. This eases up scripting. ___

Re: [fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-03-30 Thread Marco van de Voort
> On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 20:52 +0200, Daniel Herzog wrote: > > > No. - i just tought ppcppc was linux on ppcwell then, replace it > > with the correct one :-) > > It is also called ppcppc on linux: > $ file /usr/lib/fpc/1.9.4/ppcppc > /usr/lib/fpc/1.9.4/ppcppc: ELF 32-bit MSB executable, Power

RE: [fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-03-30 Thread peter green
PROTECTED] Behalf Of Daniel > Herzog > Sent: 30 March 2005 19:52 > To: FPC developers' list > Subject: Re: [fpc-devel] Packaging > > > > Does the darwin ppcppc binary actually work on linux-ppc? > > No. - i just tought ppcppc was linux on ppcwell then, replace it

Re: [fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-03-30 Thread Johannes Berg
On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 20:52 +0200, Daniel Herzog wrote: > No. - i just tought ppcppc was linux on ppcwell then, replace it > with the correct one :-) It is also called ppcppc on linux: $ file /usr/lib/fpc/1.9.4/ppcppc /usr/lib/fpc/1.9.4/ppcppc: ELF 32-bit MSB executable, PowerPC or cisco 4500

Re: [fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-03-30 Thread Daniel Herzog
> Does the darwin ppcppc binary actually work on linux-ppc? No. - i just tought ppcppc was linux on ppcwell then, replace it with the correct one :-) $ ./ppcppc bash: ./ppcppc: cannot execute binary file $ file ppcppc ppcppc: Mach-O executable ppc $ file ppc386 ppc386: ELF 32-bit LSB execu

Re: [fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-03-30 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 30 mrt 2005, at 19:32, Dr. Karl-Michael Schindler wrote: Does the darwin ppcppc binary actually work on linux-ppc? No, you need a different ppcppc for that. Jonas ___ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mai

Re: [fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-03-30 Thread Dr. Karl-Michael Schindler
Does the darwin ppcppc binary actually work on linux-ppc? ___ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel

Re: [fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-03-30 Thread Daniel Herzog
> I had exactly the same situation with fpc for fink and solved it exactly > as suggested by Daniel Herzog. I would go for Individual bootstrap tar > balls for each arch, because this saves a lot of bandwidth. I called the > one for macosx/darwin: fpc-1.9.8.darwin.bootstrap.tar.gz. maybe it > shoul

Re: [fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-03-30 Thread Daniel Herzog
>>Even better: >>One single archive containing all ppc* starting compilers - this way i >>could also package it quite easily for all arches, and it would easy to >>script it using "ppc${ARCH}" everywhere...you see? > > > I don't see it. Because that package will be huge since you need a ppc for >

Re: [fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-03-30 Thread Dr. Karl-Michael Schindler
I had exactly the same situation with fpc for fink and solved it exactly as suggested by Daniel Herzog. I would go for Individual bootstrap tar balls for each arch, because this saves a lot of bandwidth. I called the one for macosx/darwin: fpc-1.9.8.darwin.bootstrap.tar.gz. maybe it should be fpc-1

Re: [fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-03-29 Thread Peter Vreman
> Even better: > One single archive containing all ppc* starting compilers - this way i > could also package it quite easily for all arches, and it would easy to > script it using "ppc${ARCH}" everywhere...you see? I don't see it. Because that package will be huge since you need a ppc for every cp

Re: [fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-03-29 Thread Peter Vreman
>> A sample configuration, or the great (i really like it) samplecfg tool, >> are needed, to avoid possibly broken/outdated/... /etc/fpc.cfg files >> >> please add this somehow too. >> > I'm sorry. Forget about it - OPT="-n" solves it... This is not needed. The top Makefile already sets RELEASE=1

Re: [fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-03-29 Thread Daniel Herzog
> A sample configuration, or the great (i really like it) samplecfg tool, > are needed, to avoid possibly broken/outdated/... /etc/fpc.cfg files > > please add this somehow too. > I'm sorry. Forget about it - OPT="-n" solves it... ___ fpc-devel maillis

Re: [fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-03-29 Thread Daniel Herzog
A sample configuration, or the great (i really like it) samplecfg tool, are needed, to avoid possibly broken/outdated/... /etc/fpc.cfg files please add this somehow too. ___ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.o

Re: [fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-03-29 Thread Daniel Herzog
Even better: One single archive containing all ppc* starting compilers - this way i could also package it quite easily for all arches, and it would easy to script it using "ppc${ARCH}" everywhere...you see? ___ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.free

Re: [fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-03-29 Thread Daniel Herzog
Thanks. I'll, for now, work around it using the binary.tar. In practise, the only "problem" is the bigger download, and getting the ppc386 out of it... > This was clear from the beginning :) > But thank you for taking the trouble yo elaborate. > > We're discussing on the core list how we can acc

Re: [fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-03-29 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Daniel Herzog wrote: > Okay. I'll totally rephrase this now: > > Gentoo builds (almost) everything from source. > This is done via ebuilds. > There is grap this file: > ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/beta/source-1.9.8/fpc-1.9.8.source.tar.gz > And compile and install it.

Re: [fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-03-29 Thread Daniel Herzog
>>Okay. I'll totally rephrase this now: >> >>Gentoo builds (almost) everything from source. >>This is done via ebuilds. >>There is grap this file: >>ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/beta/source-1.9.8/fpc-1.9.8.source.tar.gz >>And compile and install it. > > > Don't expect this directory to exists

Re: [fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-03-29 Thread Peter Vreman
> Okay. I'll totally rephrase this now: > > Gentoo builds (almost) everything from source. > This is done via ebuilds. > There is grap this file: > ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/beta/source-1.9.8/fpc-1.9.8.source.tar.gz > And compile and install it. Don't expect this directory to exists very lo

Re: [fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-03-29 Thread Daniel Herzog
Okay. I'll totally rephrase this now: Gentoo builds (almost) everything from source. This is done via ebuilds. There is grap this file: ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/beta/source-1.9.8/fpc-1.9.8.source.tar.gz And compile and install it. To do this, i need a starting compiler, nothing more. It

Re: [fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-03-29 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Marco van de Voort wrote: > > On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Daniel Herzog wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > In order to get fpc into portage, the gentoo packaging system > > > it would be necessary to make available a bootstrap tar ball (640 KB) > > > with the ppc386 binary and

Re: [fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-03-29 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 29 mrt 2005, at 15:52, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: In order to get fpc into portage, the gentoo packaging system it would be necessary to make available a bootstrap tar ball (640 KB) with the ppc386 binary and a default fpc.cfg file. 640 K ? Is that a joke ? The compiler sources alone are more th

Re: [fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-03-29 Thread Marco van de Voort
> On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Daniel Herzog wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > In order to get fpc into portage, the gentoo packaging system > > it would be necessary to make available a bootstrap tar ball (640 KB) > > with the ppc386 binary and a default fpc.cfg file. > > 640 K ? Is that a joke ? The compil

Re: [fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-03-29 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Daniel Herzog wrote: > Hi all, > > In order to get fpc into portage, the gentoo packaging system > it would be necessary to make available a bootstrap tar ball (640 KB) > with the ppc386 binary and a default fpc.cfg file. 640 K ? Is that a joke ? The compiler sources alone

Re: [fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-03-29 Thread Daniel Herzog
Hi all, In order to get fpc into portage, the gentoo packaging system it would be necessary to make available a bootstrap tar ball (640 KB) with the ppc386 binary and a default fpc.cfg file. My suggestion would be the same dir as the fpc source tar ball, i.e. ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/mirrors/fpc/

Re: [fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-03-28 Thread Peter Vreman
> Hi guys. > > It would be nice if you could add a starting compiler to your source > packages, this eases up packaging with gentoo alot. this is especially > important for the 1.9.x series, which is changed. (the stable release > looks kinda freezed until 2.0.0 is released) Sources shouldn't cont

[fpc-devel] Packaging

2005-03-28 Thread Daniel Herzog
Hi guys. It would be nice if you could add a starting compiler to your source packages, this eases up packaging with gentoo alot. this is especially important for the 1.9.x series, which is changed. (the stable release looks kinda freezed until 2.0.0 is released) daniel _