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variant.inc(82, 10) Error: Illegal type conversion: "Text" to "TextRec"

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ik

Hello,

For two weeks now, I have the following error message with FPC 2.7.1:
variant.inc(82,10) Error: Illegal type conversion: "Text" to "TextRec"

I'm currently on r22233. Arch Linux 64 bit.
The last build of FPC 2.7.1 I made was:
Free Pascal Compiler version 2.7.1 [2012/08/04] for x86_64

Is it something with my old build, or is it an known issue that have not been fixed yet ?

Thanks
Ido

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Jonas Maebe
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ik wrote 9 lines
For two weeks now, I have the following error message with FPC 2.7.1: variant.inc(82,10) Error: Illegal type conversion: "Text" to "TextRec" I'm currently on r22233. Arch Linux 64 bit. The last build of FPC 2.7.1 I made was: Free Pascal Compiler version 2.7.1 [2012/08/04] for x86_64 Is it something with my old build, or is it an known issue that have not been fixed yet ?

It is something with your old build, namely the fact that it is not the latest release (2.6.0 at this time). Building svn versions is only supported if your starting compiler is the latest release.

Jonas

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Sven Barth
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"Jonas Maebe" wrote 15 lines
On 24 Aug 2012, at 20:52, ik wrote: > For two weeks now, I have the following error message with FPC 2.7.1: > variant.inc(82,10) Error: Illegal type conversion: "Text" to "TextRec" > > I'm currently on r22233. Arch Linux 64 bit. > The last build of FPC 2.7.1 I made was: > Free Pascal Compiler version 2.7.1 [2012/08/04] for x86_64 > > Is it something with my old build, or is it an known issue that have not > been fixed yet ? It is something with your old build, namely the fact that it is not the

latest release (2.6.0 at this time). Building svn versions is only supported if your starting compiler is the latest release.

Sometimes I wonder if we should put this on some prominent place on the website...

Regards,
Sven

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ik
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Sven Barth wrote 24 lines
Am 24.08.2012 21:21 schrieb "Jonas Maebe" : > > > On 24 Aug 2012, at 20:52, ik wrote: > > > For two weeks now, I have the following error message with FPC 2.7.1: > > variant.inc(82,10) Error: Illegal type conversion: "Text" to "TextRec" > > > > I'm currently on r22233. Arch Linux 64 bit. > > The last build of FPC 2.7.1 I made was: > > Free Pascal Compiler version 2.7.1 [2012/08/04] for x86_64 > > > > Is it something with my old build, or is it an known issue that have not > > been fixed yet ? > > It is something with your old build, namely the fact that it is not the latest release (2.6.0 at this time). Building svn versions is only supported if your starting compiler is the latest release. Sometimes I wonder if we should put this on some prominent place on the website...

Amm, it's a big problem.

You are saying that the development version can not compile itself. And I can never test it myself, or use tools such as development version of Lazarus for example, that should use it.

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Jonas Maebe
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On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 1:07 AM, Sven Barth wrote: > Am 24.08.2012 21:21 schrieb "Jonas Maebe" : > >> It is something with your old build, namely the fact that it is not the >> latest release (2.6.0 at this time). Building svn versions is only >> supported if your starting compiler is the latest release. > > Sometimes I wonder if we should put this on some prominent place on the > website... > Amm, it's a big problem.

What would be a big problem, would be having to support compilation of the current svn reversion with every possible earlier svn reversion.

You are saying that the development version can not compile itself.

It can, but only the same svn revision. To compile a new revision, you always have to start from the latest release.

And I can never test it myself, or use tools such as development version of Lazarus for example, that should use it.

I don't understand what you mean with this.

Jonas

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ik
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Jonas Maebe wrote 20 lines
On 25 Aug 2012, at 00:37, ik wrote: > On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 1:07 AM, Sven Barth < >wrote: > >> Am 24.08.2012 21:21 schrieb "Jonas Maebe" : >> >>> It is something with your old build, namely the fact that it is not the >>> latest release (2.6.0 at this time). Building svn versions is only >>> supported if your starting compiler is the latest release. >> >> Sometimes I wonder if we should put this on some prominent place on the >> website... >> > Amm, it's a big problem. What would be a big problem, would be having to support compilation of the current svn reversion with every possible earlier svn reversion.

Doesn't 2.7.1 is the current development version ?

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> You are saying that the development version can not compile itself. It can, but only the same svn revision. To compile a new revision, you always have to start from the latest release. > And I can never test it myself, or use tools such as development version of > Lazarus for example, that should use it. I don't understand what you mean with this. Jonas_______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal

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Marco van de Voort
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In our previous episode, ik said:

Doesn't 2.7.1 is the current development version ?

Yes. But it can describe pretty much any version from last december to till when 2.8.0 comes out and trunk version number will change to 2.9.1.

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Jonas Maebe
to ik: Doesn't 2.7.1 is the current development version ?
ik wrote 6 lines
On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 1:48 AM, Jonas Maebe wrote: > What would be a big problem, would be having to support compilation of the > current svn reversion with every possible earlier svn reversion. Doesn't 2.7.1 is the current development version ?

There are thousands of svn revisions that are all 2.7.1 and there may well be thousands more. As mentioned: you can only compile new svn revisions using the latest release, or with a compiler built from that exact same svn revision.

Jonas

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waldo kitty
to Sven Barth: latest release (2.6.0 at this time). Building svn versions is only supported if your…
Sven Barth wrote 6 lines
Am 24.08.2012 21:21 schrieb "Jonas Maebe" < > It is something with your old build, namely the fact that it is not the latest release (2.6.0 at this time). Building svn versions is only supported if your starting compiler is the latest release. Sometimes I wonder if we should put this on some prominent place on the website...

it seems to me that folk confuse the term "release" with... uherrrmmm... "release"... they tend to think of any release as the latest release... they don't always think of a published release as being different than intermediate releases...

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