Re: [fpc-pascal] Win64 release of FPC 2.6.2 missing

2013-05-07 Thread Florian Klämpfl
Am 07.05.2013 18:17, schrieb patspiper: > > Cross compiler building is broken for FPC 2.7.1 on Ubuntu and Fedora. I > had submitted a couple of bug reports and made several posts in this > mailing list, but all went unnoticed or were not handled. I have almost > lost hope. These reports are not a

Re: [fpc-pascal] Win64 release of FPC 2.6.2 missing

2013-05-07 Thread patspiper
On 07/05/13 09:33, Jonas Maebe wrote: No, it goes: "nobody ever submitted a bug report about this nor posted anything on the FPC mailing list and I don't use Windows myself, so this is the first I hear about it". Problems need to be reported and fixed. [...] Every single person using the Mac

Re: [fpc-pascal] Win64 release of FPC 2.6.2 missing

2013-05-07 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 07 May 2013, at 13:15, Daniel Moore wrote: I have not had bad experience with cross-compilers, as far as the compilers not working as of yet. However, let me state for the record, that a vast majority of the compiling that I will be doing will be exclusively for 64-bit systems, and I s

Re: [fpc-pascal] Win64 release of FPC 2.6.2 missing

2013-05-07 Thread Daniel Moore
On 5/6/2013 11:40 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: If I run 64-bit Mac or 64-bit Windows or 64-bit Linux, I want 64-bit applications. Some OS's allow for easier execution of 32-bit apps, but definitely not all. All my systems run 64-bit OS's, and all my installed libraries etc are 64-bit too (thin

Re: [fpc-pascal] Win64 release of FPC 2.6.2 missing

2013-05-07 Thread Marco van de Voort
In our previous episode, Graeme Geldenhuys said: > > And just to make it clear... it was NOT my idea to release my build of > FPC 2.6.4 for 64-bit Windows. I was asked in private to archive what I > have and make it available for download (on my own server). That is what > I did. It was the least

Re: [fpc-pascal] Win64 release of FPC 2.6.2 missing

2013-05-07 Thread Sven Barth
Am 06.05.2013 18:40, schrieb Graeme Geldenhuys: To put it simply, that is the reason I (and many others) need a 64-bit FPC. I've had lots of bad experiences with FPC cross-compilers - from installing headaches, to broken executables (don't ask me why, I don't know why). So I simply don't trust FP

Re: [fpc-pascal] Win64 release of FPC 2.6.2 missing

2013-05-06 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 06 May 2013, at 18:40, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > On 2013-05-06 08:32, Jonas Maebe wrote: >> >> The whole point is that the "typical end user" doesn't know nor should >> have to care about whether the compiler is a 32 or 64 bit binary. It >> should not make any difference whatsoever. > >

Re: [fpc-pascal] Win64 release of FPC 2.6.2 missing

2013-05-06 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 2013-05-06 08:32, Jonas Maebe wrote: > > The whole point is that the "typical end user" doesn't know nor should > have to care about whether the compiler is a 32 or 64 bit binary. It > should not make any difference whatsoever. How does the saying go: "I want to live in Theory, because eve

Re: [fpc-pascal] Win64 release of FPC 2.6.2 missing

2013-05-06 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 06 May 2013, at 21:15, Andrew Brunner wrote: > On May 6, 2013, at 2:32 AM, Jonas Maebe wrote: > >> >> On 04 May 2013, at 16:24, Andrew Brunner wrote: >> >>> I agree that most of us first go to x64 downloads for binaries. Thinking >>> 32 to 64 or reverse is onerous on typical end users. >

Re: [fpc-pascal] Win64 release of FPC 2.6.2 missing

2013-05-06 Thread Andrew Brunner
I agree with what you are saying as long as the os matches the binary type. An x64 native package must install a x64bit binary and utils. I would be understating if I said that a 32bit binary would be normal on a 64bit distro. Andrew Brunner Aurawin LLC 512.574.6298 A safe new way to sto

Re: [fpc-pascal] Win64 release of FPC 2.6.2 missing

2013-05-06 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 04 May 2013, at 16:24, Andrew Brunner wrote: I agree that most of us first go to x64 downloads for binaries. Thinking 32 to 64 or reverse is onerous on typical end users. The whole point is that the "typical end user" doesn't know nor should have to care about whether the compiler is a

Re: [fpc-pascal] Win64 release of FPC 2.6.2 missing

2013-05-04 Thread Marco van de Voort
In our previous episode, Andrew Brunner said: > Guys, Graeme is well meaning here. I agree that most of us first go to x64 > downloads for binaries. Thinking 32 to 64 or reverse is onerous on typical > end users. > > I need 64bit FPC binaries too. Presently I install the Lazarus to get > 6

Re: [fpc-pascal] Win64 release of FPC 2.6.2 missing

2013-05-04 Thread Andrew Brunner
I wanted to mention that Lazarus comes with a 64bit FPC 2.6.2 from binaries... Guys, Graeme is well meaning here. I agree that most of us first go to x64 downloads for binaries. Thinking 32 to 64 or reverse is onerous on typical end users. I need 64bit FPC binaries too. Presently I instal

Re: [fpc-pascal] Win64 release of FPC 2.6.2 missing

2013-05-04 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 03 May 2013, at 23:21, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > John Lee made the suggestion that an "unofficial" 64-bit Windows > compiler archive be made available - for those people like me. > > You can now download it from the Free Pascal FTP site: > > ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/fpc/dist/2.6.2/x86_64-w

Re: [fpc-pascal] Win64 release of FPC 2.6.2 missing

2013-05-04 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Hi, John Lee made the suggestion that an "unofficial" 64-bit Windows compiler archive be made available - for those people like me. You can now download it from the Free Pascal FTP site: ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/fpc/dist/2.6.2/x86_64-win/ [ readme.txt ]-- 64 bit win fpc 2

Re: [fpc-pascal] Win64 release of FPC 2.6.2 missing

2013-05-02 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 02 May 2013, at 11:07, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: On 2013-05-02 09:43, Jonas Maebe wrote: Lazarus and 64-bit FPC 2.6.0. I didn't want to read 10's of pages on how to setup a cross compiler etc. You don't have to read anything, it works exactly the same as a regular compiler. Lazarus nor the

Re: [fpc-pascal] Win64 release of FPC 2.6.2 missing

2013-05-02 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 2013-05-02 09:43, Jonas Maebe wrote: >> Lazarus and 64-bit FPC 2.6.0. I didn't want to read 10's of pages >> on how to setup a cross compiler etc. > > You don't have to read anything, it works exactly the same as a > regular compiler. Lazarus nor the compiler cares at all about what > architect

Re: [fpc-pascal] Win64 release of FPC 2.6.2 missing

2013-05-02 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 02 May 2013, at 09:04, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > On 02/05/13 01:33, Joao Morais wrote: >> >> Why do you need a 64 bit compiler? (just curious) > > Huh? Because I was running 64-bit Windows 7, and needed to test and > resolve a 64-bit bug. My system was already setup with 64-bit Lazarus > an

Re: [fpc-pascal] Win64 release of FPC 2.6.2 missing

2013-05-02 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 02/05/13 01:33, Joao Morais wrote: > > Why do you need a 64 bit compiler? (just curious) Huh? Because I was running 64-bit Windows 7, and needed to test and resolve a 64-bit bug. My system was already setup with 64-bit Lazarus and 64-bit FPC 2.6.0. I didn't want to read 10's of pages on how to

Re: [fpc-pascal] Win64 release of FPC 2.6.2 missing

2013-05-01 Thread Joao Morais
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 6:26 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > In the end I just downloaded the FPC source, and built my own 64-bit > compiler. Why do you need a 64 bit compiler? (just curious) ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org htt

Re: [fpc-pascal] Win64 release of FPC 2.6.2 missing

2013-05-01 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 01/05/13 10:19, Gabor Boros wrote: > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/freepascal/files/Win32/2.6.2/fpc-2.6.2.x86_64-win64.exe/download That's what I thought too, but that is a 32-bit cross-compiler for 64-bit targets. I wanted a real 64-bit compiler. In the end I just downloaded the FPC sou

Re: [fpc-pascal] Win64 release of FPC 2.6.2 missing

2013-05-01 Thread Tomas Hajny
On Wed, May 1, 2013 11:30, Florian Klämpfl wrote: > Am 30.04.2013 20:39, schrieb Graeme Geldenhuys: >> Hi, >> >> I just tried to update one of my Windows VM with the latest released >> FPC. To my surprise there is no Win64 release for FPC 2.6.2 on >> SourceForge? I only found a 32-bit cross-compile

Re: [fpc-pascal] Win64 release of FPC 2.6.2 missing

2013-05-01 Thread Florian Klämpfl
Am 30.04.2013 20:39, schrieb Graeme Geldenhuys: > Hi, > > I just tried to update one of my Windows VM with the latest released > FPC. To my surprise there is no Win64 release for FPC 2.6.2 on > SourceForge? I only found a 32-bit cross-compiler. > > Why is this? Because it has no advantage over t

Re: [fpc-pascal] Win64 release of FPC 2.6.2 missing

2013-05-01 Thread Gabor Boros
2013.04.30. 20:39 keltezéssel, Graeme Geldenhuys írta: Hi, I just tried to update one of my Windows VM with the latest released FPC. To my surprise there is no Win64 release for FPC 2.6.2 on SourceForge? I only found a 32-bit cross-compiler. Why is this? Regards, - Graeme - http://sourc