Re: [fpc-pascal] Unknown usage of function FixPath

2007-08-14 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Maybe we can make a TCustomInstaller and TInstaller where the TInstaller > >> will default to install a > >> FPC package (=units) in the default location so the units work > >> out-of-the-box for fppkg and fpc. > >> The TCustomInstaller can be t

Re: [fpc-pascal] Unknown usage of function FixPath

2007-08-14 Thread dhkblaszyk
>> Maybe we can make a TCustomInstaller and TInstaller where the TInstaller >> will default to install a >> FPC package (=units) in the default location so the units work >> out-of-the-box for fppkg and fpc. >> The TCustomInstaller can be the base for a complete custom installation >> of independen

Re: [fpc-pascal] Unknown usage of function FixPath

2007-08-14 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007, Peter Vreman wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, 14 Aug 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> >> 1) why is the colon converted to a slash which yields invalid paths (at > >> >> least > >> >> on windows) > >> >> 2) although fpmake initially was developed to be a make tool for FPC, i

Re: [fpc-pascal] Unknown usage of function FixPath

2007-08-14 Thread Peter Vreman
> > > On Tue, 14 Aug 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> >> 1) why is the colon converted to a slash which yields invalid paths (at >> >> least >> >> on windows) >> >> 2) although fpmake initially was developed to be a make tool for FPC, it >> >> can >> >> (and will be) used for other projects. The

Re: [fpc-pascal] Unknown usage of function FixPath

2007-08-14 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> 1) why is the colon converted to a slash which yields invalid paths (at > >> least > >> on windows) > >> 2) although fpmake initially was developed to be a make tool for FPC, it > >> can > >> (and will be) used for other projects. Therefore I wo

Re: [fpc-pascal] Unknown usage of function FixPath

2007-08-14 Thread dhkblaszyk
>> 1) why is the colon converted to a slash which yields invalid paths (at >> least >> on windows) >> 2) although fpmake initially was developed to be a make tool for FPC, it >> can >> (and will be) used for other projects. Therefore I would propose not to >> initialize FBaseInstallDir with the FPC

Re: [fpc-pascal] Unknown usage of function FixPath

2007-08-14 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007, Darius Blaszijk wrote: > In fpmkunit.pp I found the function FixPath for which I don't understand the > exact purpose of. What happens is that if I issue an install command the > BaseInstallDir takes the FPCDIR env variable (which is c:\fpc in my case) > (line 1472). This va

Re: [fpc-pascal] Unknown usage of function FixPath

2007-08-14 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007, Darius Blaszijk wrote: > In fpmkunit.pp I found the function FixPath for which I don't understand the > exact purpose of. What happens is that if I issue an install command the > BaseInstallDir takes the FPCDIR env variable (which is c:\fpc in my case) > (line 1472). This va

[fpc-pascal] Unknown usage of function FixPath

2007-08-13 Thread Darius Blaszijk
In fpmkunit.pp I found the function FixPath for which I don't understand the exact purpose of. What happens is that if I issue an install command the BaseInstallDir takes the FPCDIR env variable (which is c:\fpc in my case) (line 1472). This value is then passed on to FixPath which converts all