maybe you can try 'make cycle RELEASE=1' this won't read your ppc386.cfg

And to your ppc386.cfg you need to add:

#ifdef VER0_99_13

-Fu/opt/fpc/rtl/$TARGET
-Fu/opt/fpc/fcl/$TARGET
-Fu/opt/fpc/gtk

#else

<here will get all the old -Fu -Fo etc. commands from the already installed ppc386.cfg>

#endif

So I decide to go in the fcl directory and attemps a make ALL it ended up with an internal error 9999 compiling ../xml/xmlread.pp @ line (24,18) of dom.pp

You need to have 0.99.13 working correctly before you can compile it.

Peter

Didier Gasser-Morlay wrote

I was only trying to use CVS to help with the bandwidth but understand from another post that I could use the snapshot. Do they come with a ready-buil compiler ?.

The snapshot is a binary distribution of the compiler. It contains the compiler built from the latest code in CVS. It also contains the latest RTL units built from CVS. All you need to do is download, untar it into the same directories as your current release code. Then remake the FCL units, sometimes the GTK units and you are set. The download takes the longest.

If people do start using the snapshots be sure to get them from the closest mirror to you so as not to bog down the main sites. :-)

I went home at lunch time and still no luck :-(

same message using ppc1
Make[3] (compiling pp.pas)

> text.inc (100,1) invalid PPU_file entry : 14

what puzzles me the make was able to make ppc1 up to release 0.99.13 and then it tries again to compile pp.pas, this is were it gets stuck with the PPU_file entry.

Does not it mean that I simply CANNOT go from 0.99.12 to 0.99.13 unsing the cycle, since I understood from the list that the format of the ppu file has changed. Unless I have missed something completely.

I was only trying to use CVS to help with the bandwidth but understand from another post that I could use the snapshot. Do they come with a ready-buil compiler ?.

Didier

Still no luck to compile the compiler, needed to compile lazarus.

. I downloaded the Howto
. Took the latest CVS versions
. Unziped on linux option -a this gets rid of the CR/LF problem I had yesterday.
. went to /opt/fpc/copmpiler as suggested in the Howto . made a make cycle. My current compiler version is 0.99.12. the cycle went through building 0.99.12a and 0.99.13 (as seen on the banners of the compiler)
but on Cycle 3 I receive the following
Make[3] (compiling pp.pas)
text.inc (100,1) invalid PPU_file entry : 14

So I decide to go in the fcl directory and attemps a make ALL it ended up with an internal error 9999 compiling ../xml/xmlread.pp @ line (24,18) of dom.pp

So I'm stuck.

Any ideas ?

I think this can be avoided by doing a 'make clean' everywhere (compiler and rtl/linux dir) before compiling.

Michael.

Yes you are better off just grabbing a compiled snapshot and overwriting your implementation.

Cliff

Brad,

Thanks for your answer but this raises two questions
1. coud I have a look at your ppc386.cfg file
2. How can I get away with the compiler not being generated (Make[3] (compiling pp.pas)
text.inc (100,1) invalid PPU_file entry : 14)

Thanks
Didier

Yes. A ready-built RTL and compiler. Produced daily.

ftp://tflily.fys.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/fpc/snapshot/snapshot.tar.gz

Michael.

you wrote

Still no luck to compile the compiler, needed to compile lazarus.

I NEVER got the compiler or fcl or gtk or lazarus to compile using the howto on the lazarus page...
This is how I did it...
I have an /etc/ppc386.cfg file (I cant get anything to work without it) I checkout compiler rtl fcl gtk lazarus
I'm installed in /usr/src/fpc
I cd compiler
and make cycle.
I cd ..
I then copy all the *.inc *.a *.ppu *.o files from rtl dir and subdirs to /usr/src/fpc/units

my ppc386 has all units, include and lib dirs pointed at ONLY /usr/src/fpc/units.

I also had to add a /usr/src/fpc/units entry to my /etc/ld.so.conf coz the compiler kept looking there for library files...

now I can cd fcl
make
cd ../gtk
make
then I copy all the *.o *.a *.inc *.ppu files from both fcl/linux and gtk and subdirs to
/usr/src/fpc/units

cd ../lazarus
make

and awayyyyyyyyyyyy we go....
it's the ONLY way I can get it to work.. but it works great... as a bonus.. I can
tar -cvzf fpc.tar.gz ppc386 units/
from /usr/src/fpc and tranfer this tar file to my laptop, and have the latest compiler, and rtl on there with no hassles.... I use the same ppc386.cfg file on the laptop...
it's messy but it works for me :p)

Of course I have some scripts to do all this for me, so I just type ./update and it
updates from cvs, does all make's, cycles everything, and copies all units, then generates
the tar file for me... Much easier....

Brad....

"Where do YOU want Microsoft to go today"
"Why pay for a broken OS, when you can get one that works for free ?"

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Didier Gasser-Morlay wrote

I have done that and ... no joy Rebuilding the FCL I still add the nasty text.inc (100,1) invalid PPU_file entry : 14

Please send the output of a 'make OPT=-va' to me and I'll try to see what happens. This error is not enough to determine what is happening, since there can be several causes.

Also give me detailed information abot what versions of the compiler and so on you are using.

Michael.

Thanks for the offer, I'll do that as soon as I'm back home next thursday. I am going on a small break.

Didier

I have done that and ... no joy

Rebuilding the FCL I still add the nasty text.inc (100,1) invalid PPU_file entry : 14

trying to rebuild lazarus, the b***y thing told me he could not find systemh.inc

<TEACHER'S PET MODE>
Since you've done a wonderful job for the WIN install, what about Linux ??
...
Tnanks Master :-)
</TEACHER'S PET MODE>

Another thing would be absolutly great. I understood from the list that Shane (and others) have found a nice way to have Lazarus not so integrated with GTK. Some guidelines on how to
properly program for lazarus such as where to put things (as in which source file), may be a simple and quick naming convention, how to be consistent with the team current line of thoughts ...

I understand this is boring but could prove damn useful and probably help people joining the team

Didier

Didier

This error comes from the different PPU's between 0.99.12 and 0.99.13

When you want to use developer snapshots you need to have you're paths setup correctly, thus using #IFDEF VER0_99_13 and #IFDEF VER0_99_12 in your ppc386.cfg !!

Peter

Thanks,

I have bot 9.12.0 and 9.13.0 which one should I use you rekon ? Didier

You need to install the latest snapshot and recompile you have got a mismatch problem.

Cliff

Micahel,
attached is the 'make OPT=-va' you offered to look at

thanks in advance
Didier

9.13.0 with the latest snapshot binaries applied.

Cliff

Brad,

I think you pointed out quite rightly the source of all my problems. THANKS :-)
I am just left with one problem

I was able to :
make cycle the compiler
make fcl
make gtk
make lazarus.... >>> compiling no probs, linking I had /usr/bin/ld cannot open -lXi no such file or directory.

Thanks
Didier

I think I have corrupted my ppc386.cfg file and I can't find it anywhere. Whgere can I find a clean one ?

Run 'samplecfg' in /usr/lib/fpc/0.99.12/

Peter

Been there, done that ... still complains about entry 14 in PPU file.

Something drives me REALLY nuts (apart from the fact that if I can't compile, I can't help 'cause staring at source files, however nicely written is far from exciting :-)) is that it seems that when I try to build classes.pp, it insists on rebuilding rtl/linux/sysutils.pp

I tried to 'touch' both the compiler and the units in rtl so that they were older than any other source I wanted to make but to no avail.

I also notice that PPUDUMP complains about the same PPU 14 entry.

I guess I'll have to wait for the next stable version of the compiler (there are talks about a soon to come 0.99.12b or maybe 1.0)

I wish there was an installer as easy to use as the one available for Windows.

Didier

you wrote

Been there, done that ... still complains about entry 14 in PPU file.

try this

from the root dir
rm `find . -name *.ppu`

I had a bizzare fault with linking... and it turned out there were 2 .ppu files not being rebuilt with a make clean.
I fixed the fault by removing ALL .ppu files from the hard disk, and building everything up from scratch... Which is easy make cycle the compiler
make fcl
make gtk
make lazarus....

Problem solved.....

I know it's using a BIG hammer on a little nail.. but nonetheless it works..

Brad....

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"Why pay for a broken OS, when you can get one that works for free ?"

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The 0.99.12b is now available on the ftp. The linux release is already complete and can be downlaoded in 6 flavours:

.rpm
source rpm

.deb
source for .deb

binary .tar
source .tar.gz

for go32v2,win32 you need to look in the separate/ dirs for the updated files (date is July for the updated files)

I wish there was an installer as easy to use as the one available for Windows.

If somebody wants to write it

tflily.fys.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/fpc/dist

Do you have a URL?

The 0.99.12b is now available on the ftp. The linux release is already complete and can be downlaoded in 6 flavours:

Ronan van Riet
Symantec

I got that one. You are just missing the correct path to the X11 libraries in ppc386.cfg

Cliff

The problem is that your unit paths are not correctly set. Please use #ifdef VER0_99_13 in your ppc386.cfg to set the paths for 0.99.13 and place all other -Fu commands in the #else part.

See the documentation for more info about #ifdef in ppc386.cfg

I think I have corrupted my ppc386.cfg file and I can't find it anywhere. Whgere can I find a clean one ?

Thanks for your time,

Didier

Ronan van Riet wrote

>tflily.fys.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/fpc/dist

It is ftp, not www, I believe.

Jeff.

Peter

tflily.fys.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/fpc/dist

This url is unreachable. Do you know what's going on?

Regards,

Ronan van Riet
Symantec

Run:

find / -name 'libXi.so' -print

to see where the file is located, if not found the you're missing some developement package for X delevopmetn

Peter

I added -Fl/usr/X11R6 and -Fl/usr/X11R6/lib but no change, any other idea ?
Thanks
Didier

> make lazarus.... >>> compiling no probs, linking I had /usr/bin/ld >cannot open -lXi no such file or directory. >

Everything works now, I can compile and link lazarus. Thanks very much to all of you for your advices.

Didier