Hi there,

I've succesfully built all of the sources from the FIXES_1_0_0 branch, and indeed the `fpc` executable in the compiler directory displays version 1.0.5. But if I then execute a `make install` in the top-level directory, 1.0.4 is installed. What is up with that?

(Actually, I'm building on a FreeBSD box, so I'm issuing a `gmake`, version 3.79.1. Speaking of which, are there any known limitations to the FreeBSD port? I couldn't find any documented in the package.)

Thanks in advance,
Roderick

The top-level makefile finds the 1.0.4 compiler and takes that as start compiler. There are two solutions, define to use compiler/ppc386 or add the version yourself:

make install PP=$(BASEDIR)/compiler/ppc386

or

make install FPC_VERSION=1.0.5

All questions about the FreeBSD port to me.

- Only 4.x is tested. 3.x worked before signalhandling introducing, but I can't test that version anymore. Probably only the syscalls for signalhandling are slightly different.
- I'm still not 100% sure about readdir.
- The IDE only works over telnet.
- alarm and time don't work yet. nanosleep does.
- Really a lot is untested in general.

If you use the FreeBSD port, do a CVS checkout, and try to build 1.0.5.

It contains header translations of console.h and mouse.h, which needs a small patch to packrecords which is post 1.0.4

Thanks for all the quick answers. I'll be sure to keep you updated on all my FreeBSD-related findings, it will be my main platform for development.

The solution offered on this mailing list also solved my `make install` problem, thanks a lot. A single curiosity is that it install the new compiler in [pptest]/lib/(etc.) and places a copy of the old one in [pptest]/bin. Or is that the default behavior, allowing you to run both the release and stable versions in parallel?

Thanks for all the quick answers. I'll be sure to keep you updated on all my FreeBSD-related findings, it will be my main platform for development.

Thanks.

Usually it should be in [prefixdir]/lib/fpc/[version]/ with a symlink to it in [prefixdir]/bin

I always move the files of the snapshots by hand or script, and I don't use the make targets for it.