3.0.0~rc1 has arrived in Debian experimental, but has failed to build on several architectures:

https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=fpc&suite=experimental

Debian applies various patches, of course, but I was able to reproduce the i386 failure on Debian unstable with the upstream source, and I've suggested a solution here:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=800811

The error on armhf is weird. Click on "Build-Attempted" in the appropriate line to see the full log. The error is:

flt_pack.inc(119,5) Error: Syntax error while parsing a conditional compiling expression

Can anyone say what the problem is there?

Edmund

When I remember correctly this error is caused by optimization. Try building with -O-

Michael

Edmund Grimley Evans wrote on Sun, 04 Oct 2015:

We should probably apply that patch to trunk.

As mentioned by Michael Ring, this is a bug in the 2.6.4 Debian ARMHF compiler that gets triggered by the newer compiler sources. I don't think it happens with any other FPC 2.6.4 as starting compiler.

Jonas

Jonas:

As mentioned by Michael Ring, this is a bug in the 2.6.4 Debian ARMHF compiler that gets triggered by the newer compiler sources. I don't think it happens with any other FPC 2.6.4 as starting compiler.

So I would guess that the solution is to add "OPTLEVEL1=-O-" to the CYCLEOPTS which are used in the following line in debian/rules (https://sources.debian.net/src/fpc/3.0.0~rc1%2Bdfsg-1/debian/rules/#L253):

$(MAKE) -C fpcsrc compiler_cycle $(CYCLEOPTS)

And this could be done just on armhf, or on all architectures.

Thanks,

Edmund

Edmund Grimley Evans wrote on Mon, 05 Oct 2015:

Indeed, I hadn't thought of that compiler Makefile flag.

Jonas