Thanks for the help, Jeff, but your batch file is the same as I use to cycle the compiler.

I 'solved' the command line limitation problem by the following lines: subst p: e:\pp
set fpcdir=p:
It gives me just a few extra characters, I need.

I get a lot farther, but now I run into this problem when ppc1.exe compiles the compiler: an undefined reference to `FPC_HELP_FAIL'.

p:/source/compiler/ppc1.exe -dGDB -dBROWSERLOG -dSUPPORT_MMX -Sg -Fup:/rtl /win32 -Fup:/units/win32 -FE. -Fup:/units/win32 -di386 pp.pas .\rautils.ow(.text+0x1d):rautils.pas: undefined reference to `FPC_HELP_FAIL' .\options.ow(.text+0x2823):options.pas: undefined reference to `FPC_HELP_FAIL'
.\browlog.ow(.text+0x3a6):browlog.pas: more undefined references to `FPC_HELP_FA
IL' follow
.\messages.ow(.text+0x147):messages.pas: undefined reference to `SYSWIN32$$_SETT
EXTBUF$TEXT$$$$$LONGINT'
.\messages.ow(.text+0x476):messages.pas: undefined reference to `FPC_HELP_FAIL'
.\ppu.ow(.text+0x246):ppu.pas: undefined reference to `FPC_HELP_FAIL' .\files.ow(.text+0xb57):files.pas: more undefined references to `FPC_HELP_FAIL'
follow

Does anybody know how to solve this problem?

Vincent Snijders

PM Vincent Snijders wrote

Is anybody able to cycle the compiler on a windows machine. Since last week or so I get the following error on cycling the compiler:

<snip>

I use that from a batch file to build lazarus, don't know if the batch makes a difference. If I get home this evening, I'll send you the batch I use to cycle the compiler. I cycled last night, and aside from the fact that is still doesn't succesfully compare ppc2 to ppc3 (hasn't since I started) it worked fine. Or check the Win32 HowTo, the batch is in there.

Jeff.

Is anybody able to cycle the compiler on a windows machine. Since last week or so I get the following error on cycling the compiler:

ppc386.exe -Fue:\pp/rtl/win32 -Fue:\pp/units/win32 -Fi../inc -Fi../i386 -FE. -Fu
e:\pp/units/win32 -di386 -I../inc/graph ../inc/graph/graph.pp Fatal: Can't open file ..\inc\graph\graph.
make.exe[1]: *** [graph.ppw] Error 1

The problem seems to be the command line limatation on windows 98. When I compile lazarus I use
make -n > junk.bat
call junk.bat
but that trick doesn't seem to work (make -n cycle > junk.bat; etc...).

Is there another way around this problem?

Vincent Snijders