On Mon, 22 Jun 2020 17:44:20 +0100, Graeme Geldenhuys via lazarus <lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote:
>On 21/06/2020 6:18 am, Bo Berglund via lazarus wrote: >> Is it possible to switch Lazarus between using fpc 3.0.4 and 3.2.0 so >> as to compare the two easily? > >Yes. There is no need for duplicate Lazarus installs. Simply have 2 or >more FPC versions installed. I believe the build modes would help switch >between the two. Still I seem not to understand this... I do have two fpc versions installed (3.0.4 and 3.2.0). But I cannot find any setting for compiler in Project/Project_Options/Compiler_Options/Build_Modes I only see these items there: - Other unit files - Include files - Libraries - Unit output directory - Target file name - Apply conventions (a checkbox) - Other sorces - Debugger path addition And now I have installed Lazarus 2.0.10 and it *requires* fpc 3.2.0 in order to be able to install packages etc (rebuilding itself). So I have set Lazarus 2.0.10 to use the newly installed fpc 3.2.0. Does this mean that I also have to build all my projects using fpc 3.2.0? Or do I have to create a new Lazarus instance shortcut using a different pcp directory where I have set the compiler to be 3.0.4? That would make it impossible to install the packages I need since such a settings stops Lazarus from rebuilding itself (it needs fpc 3.2.0 for that) I cannot find any *project level* settings in Lazarus that allows me to set the compiler to use for the individual project... (See above about the suggested Build Modes) So how can I cope with this? Is it not possible to *easily* switch between two different fpc versions when building ones project? How can Lazarus be used for cross-compiling in such a case? (I never got cross compile to work when I tried it years back, so I always work on the target platform for that reason) >Alternatively, MSEide makes this extremely easy, as can be seen in the >attached screenshot. You can assign shortcuts too, so you don't even >have to go into the Project Options. Is MSEide a replacement for Lazarus? I really do not want to go down the path of learning a new dev tool... -- Bo Berglund Developer in Sweden -- _______________________________________________ lazarus mailing list lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus
