Re: [fpc-devel] PR: What sites to spam for 2.0.2 release?

2005-12-09 Thread Ales Katona
Don't forget to tell PGD. Why is OSNews and /. out ? Ales ___ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel

Re: [fpc-devel] PR: What sites to spam for 2.0.2 release?

2005-12-09 Thread Christian Iversen
On Wednesday 07 December 2005 23:33, Daniël Mantione wrote: Hi guys, Speaking of PR, we have a 2.0.2 to announce within a very short time and we better do it well. We won't be able to do a Slashdot or OSnews announcement, nevertheless we should take these opportunities to promote FPC. So,

Re: [fpc-devel] PR: What sites to spam for 2.0.2 release?

2005-12-09 Thread Dean Zobec
Daniël Mantione wrote: Hi guys, Speaking of PR, we have a 2.0.2 to announce within a very short time and we better do it well. We won't be able to do a Slashdot or OSnews announcement, nevertheless we should take these opportunities to promote FPC. So, any ideas what sites we should spam?

Re: [fpc-devel] PR: What sites to spam for 2.0.2 release?

2005-12-09 Thread Johann Glaser
Hi! Speaking of PR, we have a 2.0.2 to announce within a very short time and we better do it well. We won't be able to do a Slashdot or OSnews announcement, nevertheless we should take these opportunities to promote FPC. So, any ideas what sites we should spam? I'm looking for developer

[fpc-devel] Access Violation with nested DLL's compiled by FPC (and some more info on bug #4538)

2005-12-09 Thread Stefan van den Berg
Hi, I've already asked about this on the community forums on the freepascal.org site and opened a bug on the bugtracker (bugID #4538). But none of those show any progress on a solution to the problem I'm having. First a little backstory: I'm currently, as part of an internship, porting an

[fpc-devel] Re: StrPos giving a access violation

2005-12-09 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Hi, I put a breakpoint inside StrPos and stepped through the code. It raised a External SIGSERV error on the second line: p:=strscan(str1,str2^); I don't understand assembler so couldn't debug into StrScan. Regards, - Graeme - Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: lFrom := ''; lSearch :=

[fpc-devel] StrPos giving a access violation

2005-12-09 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Hi, The 3rd unit test fails due to StrPos giving a access violation. I ran this same unit test under Delphi 7 and it passed as StrPos returned a nil value when passing two '' param values. Has this been reported as a bug yet? - CUT --- var lFrom:

[fpc-devel] Homepage SVN Conflict

2005-12-09 Thread Johann Glaser
Hi! Hint: At the homepage the latest news section shows an SVN conflict inline. Bye Hansi ___ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel

[fpc-devel] StrPos giving a access violation

2005-12-09 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Hi Forgot to mention, I ran this using: Free Pascal Compiler version 2.0.1 [2005/10/02] for i386 on Windows 2000 G. Original Message Subject: StrPos giving a access violation Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 14:26:14 +0200 From: Graeme Geldenhuys [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Master

[fpc-devel] File size limit of list

2005-12-09 Thread Karl-Michael Schindler
Hi all In my next mail, I want to submit the darwin bootstrap compiler. It is 667 KB and may exceed the file limit. Therefore, this hint. All the best - Michael. P.S. Congrats for 2.0.2 :) ___ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org

[fpc-devel] zeos is broken on fpc 2.0.2

2005-12-09 Thread Bisma Jayadi
From Zeos Forum... Posted: 08.12.2005, 21:00 When i try to install zeosdbo_rework from cvs 07-december-2005 on lazarus svn updated on the same day, i receive an error trying to open the package zdbc.lpk. I have fpc 2.0.1 and latest lazarus from svn. It works. But, if I change fpc to 2.0.2

[fpc-devel] SysUtils.ExtractFileDrive inconsistent

2005-12-09 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Hi I am busy porting a Delphi application to Free Pascal Lazarus. Luckily I have a 1400 unit tests to help me along. Running the following unit test under Lazarus Delphi produces different results! It fails under Free Pascal. I traced the difference to the ExtractFileDrive call. Under

Re: [fpc-devel] PR: What sites to spam for 2.0.2 release?

2005-12-09 Thread Tom Verhoeff
On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 11:33:03PM +0100, Daniël Mantione wrote: Speaking of PR, we have a 2.0.2 to announce within a very short time and we better do it well. We won't be able to do a Slashdot or OSnews announcement, nevertheless we should take these opportunities to promote FPC. So,

Re: [fpc-devel] PR: What sites to spam for 2.0.2 release?

2005-12-09 Thread Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
On 12/8/05, Johann Glaser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recommend the German http://www.pro-linux.de/ Linux/FOSS news site. If you need help (translation, posting the announcement) I can help. Please write the text in news style because they don't like advertisements. I can translate and add some

[fpc-devel] GetPropList gives AV when called

2005-12-09 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Hi, Another issue in FPC 2.0.1 on Win2000 that doesn't occur in Delphi. As I mentioned before, I am busy porting our Delphi app. The Delphi app had 1400 unit tests, which I am now busy working through to find out why they are failing under FPC. In the code below, tiListToStream calls

[fpc-devel] VarAsType: Could not convert variant...

2005-12-09 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Hi, Still busy porting my Delphi app to FPC. The VarAsType call generated the error listed below. This line worked under Delphi. FPC ver 2.0.1 on Win2000. Is this a bug? -- var lVar : Variant ; begin lVar := VarAsType('',varEmpty);

[fpc-devel] Re: PR: What sites to spam for 2.0.2 release?

2005-12-09 Thread Jeff Pohlmeyer
We need generic open source related sites. http://www.icewalkers.com/ - Jeff ___ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel

Re: [fpc-devel] StrPos giving a access violation

2005-12-09 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 8 dec 2005, at 13:26, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: The 3rd unit test fails due to StrPos giving a access violation. I ran this same unit test under Delphi 7 and it passed as StrPos returned a nil value when passing two '' param values. Has this been reported as a bug yet? No. I've fixed

Re: [fpc-devel] PR: What sites to spam for 2.0.2 release?

2005-12-09 Thread Dr. Karl-Michael Schindler
Dear Tom, I agree in general. However, I suggest to wait with the announcements in the Mac channels until fpc 2.0.2 is available through fink. I am just getting it together and It should be done in short time, one maybe two weeks from now. The .dmg package should be mentioned as well. Am

Re: [fpc-devel] PR: What sites to spam for 2.0.2 release?

2005-12-09 Thread Daniël Mantione
Op Fri, 9 Dec 2005, schreef Dr. Karl-Michael Schindler: Dear Tom, I agree in general. However, I suggest to wait with the announcements in the Mac channels until fpc 2.0.2 is available through fink. I am just getting it together and It should be done in short time, one maybe two weeks

Re: [fpc-devel] StrPos giving a access violation

2005-12-09 Thread Marc Weustink
Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: Hi, The 3rd unit test fails due to StrPos giving a access violation. I ran this same unit test under Delphi 7 and it passed as StrPos returned a nil value when passing two '' param values. Has this been reported as a bug yet? - CUT

Re: [fpc-devel] Access Violation with nested DLL's compiled by FPC (and some more info on bug #4538)

2005-12-09 Thread Marc Weustink
Stefan van den Berg wrote: Hi, I've already asked about this on the community forums on the freepascal.org site and opened a bug on the bugtracker (bugID #4538). But none of those show any progress on a solution to the problem I'm having. First a little backstory: I'm currently, as part of

Re: [fpc-devel] SysUtils.ExtractFileDrive inconsistent

2005-12-09 Thread Peter Vreman
Hi I am busy porting a Delphi application to Free Pascal Lazarus. Luckily I have a 1400 unit tests to help me along. Running the following unit test under Lazarus Delphi produces different results! It fails under Free Pascal. I traced the difference to the ExtractFileDrive call. Under

Re: [fpc-devel] Access Violation with nested DLL's compiled by FPC (and some more info on bug #4538)

2005-12-09 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 9 dec 2005, at 16:03, Marc Weustink wrote: Before we can say something, what functions do you call, what params, what calling convention etc. Does it happen in one specific sequence of calls, to specific functions/methods etc. Please provide some more info.

Re: [fpc-devel] Access Violation with nested DLL's compiled by FPC (and some more info on bug #4538)

2005-12-09 Thread Marc Weustink
Jonas Maebe wrote: On 9 dec 2005, at 16:03, Marc Weustink wrote: Before we can say something, what functions do you call, what params, what calling convention etc. Does it happen in one specific sequence of calls, to specific functions/methods etc. Please provide some more info.

Re: [fpc-devel] PR: What sites to spam for 2.0.2 release?

2005-12-09 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Daniël Mantione wrote: So, any ideas what sites we should spam? I'm looking for developer focused sites. Pascal/Delphi related sites are welcome, but remember we are You can also try: look under the PR material heading for contact details. http://www.tectonic.co.za/default.php?action=contact