When trying to compile svn version 16473 (and some earlier versions) I get:

/usr/bin/ppc386 -Ur -Ur -Xs -O2 -n -Fi../inc -Fi../i386 -Fi../unix -Fii386 -FE.
-FU/home/mschnell/Downloads/svn/fpc/trunk/rtl/units/i386-linux -di386 -dRELEASE ../objpas/fgl.pp
fgl.pp(128,38) Error: Generics without specialization cannot be used as a type for a variable

What am I doing wrong ?

Thanks
-Michael

In our previous episode, Michael Schnell said:

Do you use 2.4.2 as starting compiler?

Marco van de Voort wrote

Do you use 2.4.2 as starting compiler?

I used the latest compiler I was able to install successfully:

Free Pascal Compiler version 2.5.1 [2010/11/22] for i386

Is this not allowed ?

I in fact I don't know how to install a different fpc to compile the fpc I am trying to use with Lazarus.

Thanks,
-Michael

It's not forbidden, but not supported either. Always use the latest release (currently 2.4.2) to compile trunk.

I in fact I don't know how to install a different fpc to compile the fpc I am trying to use with Lazarus.

What OS?

Regards,
Sven

Trunk (i.e. 2.5.1 and higher) should be build with the latest stable release (i.e. 2.4.2) AFAIK.
Unless this has changed in the documentation, which I frankly haven't read for some time.
There's good reason for that: trunk is by definition unstable.... Until otherwise proven and then it becomes stable, if you follow me..

Sven Barth wrote

What OS?

Linux (Suse 3.11)

-Michael

In our previous episode, Michael Schnell said:

Allowed yes, guaranteed no. The only guaranteed way is to use the last release to start the build of a new snapshot. See the buildfaq for details

I in fact I don't know how to install a different fpc to compile the fpc I am trying to use with Lazarus.

You only need the cmdline compiler. See buildfaq

buildfaq: http://www.stack.nl/~marcov/buildfaq/

Download this release:
ftp://ftp.hu.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/dist/2.4.2/i386-linux/fpc-2.4.2.i386-linux.tar

Extract that to some directory and extract (I think) binary.tar.gz as well. Somewhere in there should be a ppc386 (if it's not there, then you need to try one of the other archives...). You then pass the path to this compiler to the make command (no need to install):

e.g.

make clean all FPC=/path/to/2.4.2/ppc386

This should(!) work.

Regards,
Sven

Sven Barth wrote

... make clean all FPC=/path/to/2.4.2/ppc386

Thanks a lot !

I'll give it a try.

-Michael

Thanks !
-Michael

Sven Barth wrote

make clean all FPC=/path/to/2.4.2/ppc386

Great ! Works ! Thanks !
-Michael

Michael Schnell wrote

On 11/29/2010 11:25 AM, Sven Barth wrote: > make clean all FPC=/path/to/2.4.2/ppc386 Great ! Works ! Thanks !

Nice to hear ^^

Regards,
Sven