On 22 September 2011 10:28, Sven Barth <pascaldra...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Am 22.09.2011 11:26, schrieb Henry Vermaak: >> >> On 22/09/11 09:53, Sven Barth wrote: >>> >>> The second case is interesting indeed. It's a pity that we don't know >>> what failed exactly in the compile... one would need a 2.4.4 with >>> included debug information for that. >> >> If I were to build one, what can be done to remedy the problem? This is >> what I meant by saying "I don't know how the fpc team deals with >> this..." > > In that case the debug trace would contain the line information and thus the > problematic code could be spotted and probably fixed (normally in 2.4.5, 2.6 > and trunk, if the error exists till today).
Yes, thanks, I know how line information works. Maybe I should state my question more bluntly: What is the point of debugging and old compiler? _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel