On 13 Apr 2009, at 20:36, <domini...@savagesoftware.com.au> <domini...@savagesoftware.com.au
> wrote:
I'm using FreePascal 2.2.2, from 12th April 2009
snapshot to compile my app on a PowerPC iMac running Mac OS X 10.3.9.
All my units compile fine, but it fails during the linking phase
with the
error listed below...
Linking ./YoYo70-powerpc
/usr/bin/ld:
/usr/local/lib/fpc/2.2.2/units/powerpc-darwin/paszlib/zinflate.o stray
relocation PPC_RELOC_PAIR entry (36) in section (__TEXT,__text)
An error occurred while linking
Error: Error while linking
Fatal: There were 1 errors compiling module, stopping
Fatal: Compilation aborted
Error: /usr/local/bin/ppcppc returned an error exitcode (normal if
you did
not specify a source file to be compiled)
Does anyone have any suggestions as to how i can get around this
problem?
Which Xcode version do you have installed on the iMac? And why are you
compiling on a 10.3.9 machine? (although it should still work) You can
very easily cross-compile a program for another Mac OS X version on
Mac OS X: http://wiki.freepascal.org/OS_X_Programming_Tips#Compiling_under_10.5_for_10.4_and_below
(have a look under /Developer/SDKs to see the names of other SDKs,
and note that the 10.3.9 SDK is not installed by default by Xcode 3.x,
so you may have to run the installer again and explicitly mark its
checkbox).
What is a "stray relocation" for future reference?
This cannot be explained without going into detail about how linkers
work, and the specifics of the PowerPC architecture. I don't have time
for that right now.
Also I was hoping to be able to build FPC from SVN, but the only SVN
*.dmg
file I found on the internet, would not install correctly on 10.3.9.
What does "would not install correctly" mean? Please, always mention
the specifics.
Does anyone have a link that they know works on 10.3.9? I have XCode
installed in case I need to build anything.
I copied a SVN version of the the code from my Intel MacBook to the
iMac
and tried to build it from scratch but it give the following errors...
system.pp:126894:Complex expression. Absolute segment assumed.
That problem should have been fixed in 2.2.2:
http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=10541
I'm not sure why you would nevertheless get such errors, unless you
are trying to compile using DWARF debug information (which was not yet
properly supported by Xcode 1.5).
Jonas
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