I have downloaded the 204 source code and compiled a Arm cross compiler to run on a Windows PC ("make clean all FPCTARGET= OS_TARGET=linux CPU_TARGET=arm BINUTILSPREFIX=arm-linux-")

When compiling some code that has worked with the 2.0.2 (Windows) compiler I get this error:

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Free Pascal Compiler version 2.0.4 [2006/08/30] for arm Copyright (c) 1993-2006 by Florian Klaempfl
Target OS: Linux for ARM
Compiling ptest.pas
Compiling utest.pas
Assembling utest
Assembling with smartlinking utest
J:\FPC\ARMBIN\AR.EXE: creating libputest.a
Wrong command or filename
Assembling ptest
Linking ptest
libputest.a: could not read symbols: Archive has no index; run ranlib to add one
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I have found out that the file that the compiler are looking fore is "ar" for some reason the compiler dos not know where to find "ar" the second time it looks fore it. If I place an "ar.exe" in the same folder where I am compiling the error " Wrong command or filename " Disappears, but the linker error remains.

If I remove the {$SMARTLINK ON} directive in the "utest.pas file", the linker stops complaining.

I build the same compiler on a Linux PC and that is working. (make clean all cycle OS_TARGET=linux CPU_TARGET=arm PP=/pp/bin/fpc BINUTILSPREFIX=arm-linux-)

Here is an example program that can show the error. If you compile the unit (utest) with the Windows cross compiler and then compile the program with the Linux cross compiler the same error shows (the Linux cross compiler uses the compiled unit (utest) from the windows cross compiler). If I do it the other way around the Windows compiler can compile the program (the Windows cross compiler uses the compiled unit (utest) from the Linux cross compiler).

My conclusion is: the Windows 2.0.4 cross compiler have a problem when creating "smart link" modules.

Carsten

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unit utest;
{$SMARTLINK ON}
interface
Procedure Test;
implementation
Procedure Test;
Begin
  WriteLn('Test');
End;
end.
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program ptest;
uses utest;
begin
  Test;
end.
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ppcrossarm -gl -XX ptest.pas