On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Hans-Peter Diettrich <[email protected] > wrote:
> I just encountered a nasty problem: > > When I have multiple Lazarus installations (trunk, branches, snapshot...), > the common Lazarus configuration is used by default (when no --pcp is > specified). Actually I wondered about many error messages on an IDE rebuild, > until I noticed that the (default) configuration referred to a different > Lazarus directory :-( > > This leads me to the question, how a user should configure and start > Lazarus at all? > > What exactly happens when the IDE is invoked, from a desktop item or > command prompt? > Where does the IDE look for the configuration? Is it sufficient to have a > MyLazarus\cfg\ directory, to make the MyLazarus\Lazarus.exe use the > configuration in that directory? > > IMO the IDE should look for a configuration in the current (EXE) directory > first, and only into the common directory when no config can be found there. > The config naming instead suggests that the IDE looks into the *primary* > (common) config directory first, and into its own directory only next > (*secondary* config path). > > > What exactly happens when the IDE rebuilds itself? > Which directory is used for the sources, and for storing the new (compiled) > IDE? Does it make any sense to rebuild the IDE from sources in a different > directory, and where is the new IDE stored? > > > Can somebody please clarify the intended procedure for configuring multiple > parallel Lazarus installations? > > DoDi > > I used my own patch for windows http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg07179.html Regards -- Zaher Dirkey
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