On 17/02/14 16:45, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 15:10:03 +0100 (CET)
Michael Van Canneyt <[email protected]> wrote:
On Mon, 17 Feb 2014, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
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Is there already a doc about how to install multiple versions of fpc?
No, because
a) There are so many ways to do it
b) There are so many platforms.
I prefer to document the possibilities and let the user figure out for himself
what works best.
That's definitely a good thing.
The next step would be to create an example. I guess a common setup is
the latest release and trunk.
Let's say I start such a page.
Then I would explain the two common setups
The clean approach:
1.1. read Michael's docs
1.2. install the latest released compiler
1.3. download the trunk sources, compile it
1.4. "make install INSTALL_PREFIX=~/fpc/2.7.1"
1.5. setup a fpc.cfg (~/fpc/2.7.1/lib/etc/fpc.cfg), add
-FD~/fpc/2.7.1/bin and adapt the -Fu lines.
Then you can select the 2.6.2 via /usr/bin/fpc or the 2.7.1 via
~/fpc/2.7.1/lib/2.7.1/ppcx86.
Calling ppcxxx directly breaks easy cross compilation using build modes.
Better provide for every fpc version the path to fpc and the path to the
corresponding ppc(s) so that Lazarus can call:
<pathtofpc>fpc -Xp<pathtoppc>
or even:
<pathtofpc>fpc -Xp<pathtoppc> -FD<pathtotools>
Stephano
The shared approach:
1.1. read Michael's docs
1.2. install the latest released compiler
1.3. download the trunk sources, compile it
1.4. "make install INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr"
Then you can select the 2.6.2 via /usr/lib/fpc/2.6.2/ppcx86 or
the 2.7.1 via /usr/lib/fpc/2.7.1/ppcx86.
Beware that you now use the 2.7.1 tools (e.g. /usr/bin/fpcres). There
are some corner cases where this does not work. Then you need the clean
approach.
I do think we can certainly make the default behaviour more 'version aware' by
installing
a config file that already implements one of the different schemes.
That said, I am still not convinced of the need for this, I work since many
years with a single pretty standard config file, which I've never had to edit.
I use the standard config file since many years as well.
Mattias
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