As per Vincent's request, the discussion has been moved from the bug
tracker to the mailing list.
I will list my vague recollection of the ideas I had for brain storming
purposes, as I used to cross-compile a lot (it has been some time since
I haven't!), and switch different FPC versions. I thus devised a script
that help me switch easily:
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#!/bin/sh
# Disable Ubuntu's overlay scroll bars which do not work with Lazarus
export LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0
# Specify FPC version
FPC_VER=2.6.1
# Add to the path the 3 required paths for the full operation of FPC and
binutils for cross compilation
export PATH=/home/me/Programs/fpc/$FPC_VER/lib/fpc/$FPC_VER:$PATH
export PATH=/home/me/Programs/fpc/$FPC_VER/bin:$PATH
export PATH=/home/me/Programs/fpc/crossbinutils/bin:$PATH
echo $PATH
cd /tmp
/home/me/Programs/lazarus/lazarus-svn/lazarus
--pcp="/home/me/Programs/lazarus/config-lazarus-svn"
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The downside is:
1- Having one script per FPC version
2- The FPC executable and sources path must be changed in the IDE options.
3- Rebuilding Lazarus from within does not relaunch the IDE automatically.
Selecting the proper fpc version in the environment options the way it
is now is difficult as 2 paths have to be edited and changed (once for
the fpc executable and another for the fpc sources).
I am not sure about manually creating symlinks from
/home/me/Programs/fpc/2.6.1/bin/ppc386 to
/home/me/Programs/fpc/2.6.1/lib/fpc/2.5.1/ppc386, as this should be done
by the FPC install itself if ever. Furthermore, this does not resolve
how Lazarus will select the correct fpc executable among the different
versions. I say leave fpc itself locate the actual compiler.
My proposal is:
- Add to the IDE's option a dropdown list where one can add versions and
select the required one which will be used as an FPC_VER macro.
- Allow the export of environment variables such as the PATH in the
IDE's options.
This will not solve downside #3, as a script is still needed for the
--pcp option and the overlay scrollbars issue, but it will make
switching FPC versions a breeze.
Stephano
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