On Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:09:55 +0100 Graeme Geldenhuys <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2013-09-20 14:36, Mattias Gaertner wrote: > > > > What error did you get exactly? > > The directory selected is not a lazarus [or lcl - can't remember] > directory. There must be a more specific error message than this. For example 'directory %s not found'. > I knew it was, so I ignored the error and clicked the 'Start > IDE' button. > > ps #1: > I did a checkout from the Git mirror repository. Maybe the startup > wizard checks for SubVersion specific files? No. It works with the installer, which has no svn files. It checks if the following directories exist lcl, packager/globallinks, ide, components. It checks the file ide/lazarus.lpi. Then it reads ide/version.inc and checks the version. > ps #2: > I'm not referring to the version change message, where it mentions using > the --pcp parameter. I knew that was going to happen, so before I > started the IDE, I made a copy of my lazarus profile directory and setup > the desktop shortcut to reference the new (trunk) profile directory. > When the popup message appeared, I could safely say "upgrade the > profile", and my original v1.0.8 setup would be untouched. Mattias -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
