[Lazarus] Leftover ppas.sh file
Hi, Whenever I do a Quick Compile (Ctrl+Shift+F9 on my system), there is always a temp file remaining in the default output directory. The file is ppas.sh on my Linux system. Is there a reason why that file remains after the Quick Compiler and never gets deleted by Lazarus? Or is this an oversight (cleanup bug)? Regards, - Graeme - -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal http://opensoft.homeip.net/fpgui/ -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Leftover ppas.sh file
2009/7/14 Graeme Geldenhuys grae...@opensoft.homeip.net: Hi, Whenever I do a Quick Compile (Ctrl+Shift+F9 on my system), there is always a temp file remaining in the default output directory. The file is ppas.sh on my Linux system. Is there a reason why that file remains after the Quick Compiler and never gets deleted by Lazarus? Or is this an oversight (cleanup bug)? This file is created by fpc if you call it with -sh. Assembler and linker isn't called, so presumably that's where the quick compile comes from. Perhaps fpc needs to accept an argument to -sh that specifies the script file it needs to create, then lazarus can specify it and delete it afterwards. Henry -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Leftover ppas.sh file
Thanks for the quick reply Henry. Henry Vermaak wrote: This file is created by fpc if you call it with -sh. Assembler and linker isn't called, so presumably that's where the quick compile comes from. That's correct - or at least that is how I understood it as well. But I did not know fpc creates that file. Perhaps fpc needs to accept an argument to -sh that specifies the script file it needs to create, then lazarus can specify it and delete it afterwards. So is this not maybe an FPC issue then? Why doesn't FPC clean-up after itself, or ask the OS for the temp dir location and use that instead? Alternatively (but I don't think this is the right way to go), Lazarus could detect the Quick Compile command and delete the ppas.sh file afterwards. The file always seems to be created in the default output directory of the binary file. But as I mentioned, if FPC is the one creating the file, surely it should be responsible for clean up afterwards. Regards, - Graeme - -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal http://opensoft.homeip.net/fpgui/ -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Leftover ppas.sh file
On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:08:01 +0100 Henry Vermaak henry.verm...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/7/14 Graeme Geldenhuys grae...@opensoft.homeip.net: -- 8 -- But as I mentioned, if FPC is the one creating the file, surely it should be responsible for clean up afterwards. The point of -sh is to create a script that can be called afterwards by the user. I've used it many times when I've had linking problems. I don't think the name of the file should be hard-wired, though, then lazarus can specify a temp file and clean it up properly. The IDE (mis)uses the -sh option to omit the slow linking stage. If you know an option to omit creating the linker/assembler files as well, we can add that. Mattias -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Leftover ppas.sh file
Mattias Gaertner wrote: If you know an option to omit creating the linker/assembler files as well, we can add that. If such an option doesn't exist, maybe we can ask the FPC team to extend the compiler to support it? Regards, - Graeme - -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal http://opensoft.homeip.net/fpgui/ -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Leftover ppas.sh file
On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:29:34 +0200 Graeme Geldenhuys grae...@opensoft.homeip.net wrote: Mattias Gaertner wrote: If you know an option to omit creating the linker/assembler files as well, we can add that. If such an option doesn't exist, maybe we can ask the FPC team to extend the compiler to support it? If no one answers maybe we can create a feature request. If no one implements the feature request maybe we can add a feature request for the IDE to delete the file. If no one implements that feature request maybe we can ... wait a second. Sorry, could not resist. ;) Mattias -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Leftover ppas.sh file
2009/7/14 Mattias Gaertner nc-gaert...@netcologne.de: On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:29:34 +0200 Graeme Geldenhuys grae...@opensoft.homeip.net wrote: Mattias Gaertner wrote: If you know an option to omit creating the linker/assembler files as well, we can add that. If such an option doesn't exist, maybe we can ask the FPC team to extend the compiler to support it? If no one answers maybe we can create a feature request. I'd vote for an fpc feature request: a syntax checking option (like php -l). Or maybe just fix -Cn to not produce ppas.sh and link.res? If no one implements the feature request maybe we can add a feature request for the IDE to delete the file. Assuming the name of the files (ppas.sh and link.res) might not be a good idea? Henry -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Leftover ppas.sh file
On Tue, 14 Jul 2009, Henry Vermaak wrote: 2009/7/14 Mattias Gaertner nc-gaert...@netcologne.de: On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:29:34 +0200 Graeme Geldenhuys grae...@opensoft.homeip.net wrote: Mattias Gaertner wrote: If you know an option to omit creating the linker/assembler files as well, we can add that. If such an option doesn't exist, maybe we can ask the FPC team to extend the compiler to support it? If no one answers maybe we can create a feature request. I'd vote for an fpc feature request: a syntax checking option (like php -l). Or maybe just fix -Cn to not produce ppas.sh and link.res? The whole idea of -Cn is to have ppas.sh and link.res, so the link.res can be examined, modified and then call the linker manually. If no one implements the feature request maybe we can add a feature request for the IDE to delete the file. Assuming the name of the files (ppas.sh and link.res) might not be a good idea? Why not ? It's always those names, and I believe on windows it's always ppas.bat Michael. -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Leftover ppas.sh file
2009/7/14 Michael Van Canneyt mich...@freepascal.org: The whole idea of -Cn is to have ppas.sh and link.res, so the link.res can be examined, modified and then call the linker manually. I'd say that's what the -s* options are for. -Cn and -E are aliases and they seem to do the same thing as -sh, which seems rather daft. Why not ? It's always those names, and I believe on windows it's always ppas.bat Because hard-coding file names gives me heartburn. I'm not a lazarus dev, though, so they are free to implement this how they like. Henry -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
