On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Sven Barth <[email protected]> wrote: > Am 20.08.2011 20:05, schrieb Marcos Douglas: >> >> On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 5:51 AM, Sven Barth<[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Am 20.08.2011 05:01, schrieb Hans-Peter Diettrich: >>>> >>>> Marcos Douglas schrieb: >>>> >>>>> Question: >>>>> I can compile a new fpc.exe to 64bit using a ppc386.exe 32bit version, >>>>> on a machine 64bit? >>>> >>>> Yes and no ;-) >>>> >>>> Yes, you can create an ppcrossx64.exe, along with the 64 bit libraries, >>>> using ppc386.exe. >>>> >>>> No, fpc.exe doesn't compile anything itself, it only calls the compiler >>>> for the selected target. >>> >>> The point is that a fpc.exe compiled for 32bit will select the 32bit >>> compiler (ppcx86) as default while the one compiled for 64bit will select >>> the 64bit compiler as default (ppcx64). So it does matter what platform >>> you >>> compile fpc.exe for. >> >> So, to compile the first version of FPC 64 I have to download a >> ppcx64.exe and run make. Is that? > > fpc.exe is AFAIK only compiled if you run a "make install" or you run "make > fpc" in the "compiler/utils" directory (not exactly sure about the last > one).
I didn't know that. Well... I always ran 'make install'. I know the fpc.exe just calls ppc386.exe but what advantages to do this? Well, this is another thread... Marcos Douglas -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
