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fpc-devel · 2021-08

1. Building trunk of today fails on Windows: Error: Invalid DLL C:\WINDOWS\system32\common.dll, invalid header size

   C:\devel\fpc\trunk>git log -1 commit a77f5221f341b32bb964c03dc61c1e80b71714dd (HEAD -> main, origin/main, origin/HEAD) Author: florian Date: Sat Aug 21 20:36:29 2021…

   BBFBart, Bo Berglund, Florian Klämpfl4-8-2023 18:17 UTC
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2. The "magic div" algorithm

   I know I was told what the algorithm was already, but I can't find it in my email history, so I'm forced to ask again... is there a reference to the algorithm that's…

   JBCJ. Gareth Moreton, Benito van der Zander, Ched11-16-2021 18:01 UTC
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3. Building a debug version of FPC-main on Windows

   I am using the following script to build a debug version of FPC-main on Windows: set BINUTILS_DIR=C:\Lazarus\fpc_bootstrap_compiler\3.2.2\i386-win32 set…

   WMMWerner Pamler, Marco van de Voort, Michael Van Canneyt8-29-2021 17:10 UTC
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4. Re: The

   Some divisors, like 7, do not have a reciprocal that can be contained within 32 bits. Expanding to 64 bits, however, is a clever approach that I overlooked, since you…

   JJ. Gareth Moreton8-24-2021 19:46 UTC
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5. Using -a or -s option forces change to external assembler

   On Linux 64 bit the compiler defaults to using the internal assembler. When adding the -a command line option an external assembler is called. This is unexpected based…

   CJTChristo Crause, Jonas Maebe, Tomas Hajny8-22-2021 20:22 UTC
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6. Re: Building trunk of today fails on Windows: Error:Invalid DLL C:\WINDOWS\system32\common.dll, invalid header size

   It might be to do with the order that directories are searched. If it finds the 64-bit version ghost, then it will throw an error. I've requested to change the error to…

   JBUJ. Gareth Moreton, Bart, Unknown author8-22-2021 11:56 UTC
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7. Peculiar string comparison behaviour ("0-0" and "-00" are same)

   I have encountered a peculiar behaviour in FPC string comparison functions (UnicodeSameStr, UnicodeTextStr, UnicodeCompareStr, and Wide* variants). Basically, on some…

   DDenis Kozlov8-15-2021 20:59 UTC
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8. Disorganised! Getting back into the swing of it!

   I've been very disorganised as of late and trying to remember where I am, since there are a few bugs that are possibly my doing.  I also told Chris Rorden that I'd fix…

   JJ. Gareth Moreton8-14-2021 23:06 UTC
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9. Build failure in Fedora 35 due to glibc 2.34 code hardening

   Fedora has recently moved to using glibc 2.34. That caused Free Pascal Compiler to stop building with the following output: /usr/bin/ld:…

   MFKMattia Verga, Florian Klämpfl, Karoly Balogh8-8-2021 11:21 UTC
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10. FPC move to mantis completed

    After several technical issues (8 tries were needed to convert the FPC sources to git), the move from svn/mantis to gitlab has been completed. The FPC sources are now…

    MMichael Van Canneyt8-8-2021 09:13 UTC
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