Well, I decided to make another attempt at running from the svn fixes_2_6 branch

The first problem I encountered was that I could not compile from fpc 2.4.4.

It sure would be nice if a compatible ppc386 executable was included in the repository, so I wouldn't have to go download it from somewhere else.

Thoughts?
~David

(Graeme, if you read this, have you considered creating a git branch for the 2.6 fixes branch?)

2.6(.1) fixes should be compilable only from 2.6.0

David Emerson wrote

It sure would be nice if a compatible ppc386 executable was included in the repository, so I wouldn't have to go download it from somewhere else. Thoughts?

For many architectures, there is a bootstrap 2.6 compiler available from SVN. Just a different URL though (don't know it by heart).

leledumbo wrote

2.6(.1) fixes should be compilable only from 2.6.0

Bootstrap compiler 2.6.0:
ftp://ftp.hu.freepascal.org/fpc/dist/2.6.0/bootstrap/

What is your problem with starting at
http://www.freepascal.org/download.var ?

David Emerson wrote

(Graeme, if you read this, have you considered creating a git branch for the 2.6 fixes branch?)

I decided against tracking the fixes branches after I realised what strange way the FPC team manages tags, branches etc in SubVersion. After attempting to track the 2.4.x fixes branch (at that time), it was simply too much work for me, because it wasn't an automated process (so I could optimise the size of the repository).

You can simply do a

git svn clone -r1234:HEAD http://....

where r1234 is the revision you want to start from (thus limiting the amount of history you pull in). Replace r1234 with your own starting revision.

Regards,
- Graeme -