I'm trying to get FPC to build again and although I'm getting along a lot better I still don't seem to be able to get the knack of it. First I'd like to know if anyone has any updated build instructions? I've been on the wiki and read the "build faq" PDF document. Both are good as far as they go. But neither is anywhere near complete.
My first major dilemma, and what this email pertains to, is building Debian packages. I went to grab the latest FPC 3 from SF and found that the usual tarball of Debian packages doesn't exist. So I downloaded the "fpcbuild" tarball for FPC 3.0.0 and tried the "make deb". After I banged on it for many hours applying several crude patches it finally makes packages again. But all of this leads me to believe that Debian packages for FPC are no longer maintained / supported? If so what's the story? Maybe my crude hacks could be put to use or I could help out some way? After installing the packages and doing some simple builds I thought all was good... Nope! Turns out several of the compiled units, from the packages folder aren't getting packaged. I fixed a few of the *.install.in files to include the missing package unit folders. However, at least in some situations, it looks like some of the additional unit files are getting missed by the deb packaging. My current need is the StrUtils unit, which I must say I'm shocked to find is not part of the core RTL but is in a package?!?! I don't get that but that's your decision. Through injecting breakpoints in the package build process I have found that the unit files are getting built and installed into the temporary distribution folders. But somehow they aren't making it into the final packages. I'm still working on it but I thought I'd ask and see if anyone knows where in the Debian package building stuff things are getting lost? I do want to commend the FPC developers. There are only two pieces of software that continue to impress me release after release: the Linux kernel and FreePascal compiler (not Lazarus). My system stats: Debian 7 i386. FPC 3.0.0 as the currently installed compiler, first from the binary tarball package and then from my package build attempts, which are mostly functional. TIA - Jon -- Sent from my Debian Linux workstation -- http://www.debian.org/intro/about Jon Foster JF Possibilities, Inc. j...@jfpossibilities.com 541-410-2760 Making computers work for you! _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
