I am not convinced that it is a good idea for the default install to
result in a broken system.
Wouldn't it be better to have a "NOSYMLINK" environment variable instead
to handle the developer versions? Failing that a "README" file giving
basic build instructions could be useful or a final message on install
completion saying something like "Now run make -C complier
installsymlink to complete the installation".
BTW, the most up-to-date instructions I have been able to find on
building fpc from source is buried in the wiki under a page titled
"Installing Lazarus", and that suggests creating the symlink manually.
On 29/01/16 13:35, Jonas Maebe wrote:
The symlink is only installed with the installsymlink make target in
the compiler directory.
Why?
Because "make install" is often used to install development versions
of FPC, and the you don't necessarily want it to change the default
compiler version at the same time.
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