On Wed, 09 May 2012 18:37:12 +0000 Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: > microcode wrote:
> > I am not sure I understood your message. 2.6.0 SPARC isn't available > > for download, but you suggest it as an interim release because of fixes > > in an upcoming release that probably won't be backported. So I guess > > you mean even if I could get 2.6.0 built I should realize when > > 2.7.something comes out that's the version I should use? If so, no > > problem. I will go over the buildfaq suggested earlier and see what I > > can do, possibly with the 2.7.1 you mentioned. > Your question, as given unambiguously in the subject line, relates to > 2.6.0. I'm telling you, equally unambiguously, that you don't want to do > that. You might need to start off with an older binary to get yourself > going, or you might be able to get hold of a binary for 2.6.0, but having > done that, in the case of SPARC, you want to get onto 2.7.1 rather than > relying on 2.6.0's correctness. Thanks, that's what I understood. As I said, I simply intend to get the current stable release rather than a development version. If 2.7.1 is more "stable" than 2.6.0 I will attempt to build it. I thought I explained that in the first paragraph you quoted above. And as I said in the next paragraph you quoted: > > I have no particular need for 2.6.0, I just normally try to get the > > stable release of whatever new thing I decide to try out and I > > understood from the website 2.6.0 is the one I should use. > You are, of course, free to ignore my advice. Whoa where is this coming from? I said thanks several times in my posts. I haven't ignored anything, I simply didn't understand things. The website has a note that says: "FPC 2.6.0 has been released! 2.6.0 is a major new version, which adds many post-Delphi 7 language features and adds or improves the support for various platforms." So naturally it sounded like that's what I should get. You have explained that is not necessarily so for SPARC, so I plan to follow your suggestions. Thanks again. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
