Re: [fpc-pascal] Bootstrapping the compiler...

2019-05-18 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 18/05/2019 15:37, Kevin Lyda wrote: So there's no minimal C version of the compiler? No, since the initial version of the compiler was already written in Pascal. The compiler can be easily cross-compiled if necessary (it does not depend on any system libraries), so a (minimal or not) C ver

Re: [fpc-pascal] Bootstrapping the compiler...

2019-05-18 Thread Kevin Lyda
So there's no minimal C version of the compiler? Interesting. So to build trunk I need the new compiler installed first. I thought there might be a trick to avoid that. And by Turbo Pascal, I assume you don't mean 3.01a! Kevin On Sat, May 18, 2019 at 2:15 PM Jonas Maebe wrote: > > On 18/05/2019

Re: [fpc-pascal] Bootstrapping the compiler...

2019-05-18 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 18/05/2019 15:09, Kevin Lyda wrote: Is the current (3.0.4) fpc compiler required to build the compiler or is there a way to bootstrap a compiler? An FPC release can always be built by the previously released FPC version, and FPC trunk can always be built by the current release. While very

[fpc-pascal] Bootstrapping the compiler...

2019-05-18 Thread Kevin Lyda
Is the current (3.0.4) fpc compiler required to build the compiler or is there a way to bootstrap a compiler? Kevin -- Kevin Lyda Galway, Ireland ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/li