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little questions and notes: 1.9.2, bugs db, cfg, win32 make cycle

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David Emerson

Hi there,

Whenever I compile anything with fpc, the first thing that the compiler puts on the screen is:

Hint: End of reading config file c:\fpc\192\bin\win32\fpc.cfg

This happens with 1.9.2 and 1.0.10. What is the purpose of this message?

The bugs database interface doesn't seem to have an option to search for 1.9.2 / 1.9.3 bugs.

Using 1.0.10 and win32, I did a make cycle on 1.9.3 (why? curiousity was a leading factor)

Re: Build Faq: I guess the Makefile didn't recognize "make cycle", so I had to use "make compiler_cycle"

It crashed out early on when it tried to do as.exe. The reason was that the 1.0.10 makew32.zip contained the name asw.exe - i.e. before the rename to as.exe happened. Copying asw.exe to as.exe fixed that. (I also copied arw and ldw while I was at it)

It failed on the comparison of ppc3 and ppc386 (char 1316627, line 4963) ... I'll get back with more info if I can't get it working myself.

~David

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David Emerson wrote 8 lines
Hi there, Whenever I compile anything with fpc, the first thing that the compiler puts on the screen is: Hint: End of reading config file c:\fpc\192\bin\win32\fpc.cfg This happens with 1.9.2 and 1.0.10. What is the purpose of this message?

It means you have hints switched on, that is all.

The bugs database interface doesn't seem to have an option to search for 1.9.2 / 1.9.3 bugs.

Fixed.

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Using 1.0.10 and win32, I did a make cycle on 1.9.3 (why? curiousity was a leading factor) Re: Build Faq: I guess the Makefile didn't recognize "make cycle", so I had to use "make compiler_cycle"

Did you do a 'cd compiler' first ?

compiler_cycle only works in the 'root' fpc dir.

It crashed out early on when it tried to do as.exe. The reason was that the 1.0.10 makew32.zip contained the name asw.exe - i.e. before the rename to as.exe happened. Copying asw.exe to as.exe fixed that. (I also copied arw and ldw while I was at it)

This is a known issue.
Simply copy the asw.exe to as.exe and ldw.exe to ld.exe...

It failed on the comparison of ppc3 and ppc386 (char 1316627, line 4963) ... I'll get back with more info if I can't get it working myself.

It should work if you start with the 1.0.10 compiler.

Michael.