Hi, folks.

I experienced a strange error at installing the latest stable version (0.9.28) in my iBook G4 and mac mini (with PowerPC G4) at first time. Lazarus always c rushes at start-up in these old macs. Similar error was posted over one year a go at the bug tracker:
http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=13123

In my case, the crush is caused by mis-declaration in the complier filename se ction of ~./lazarus/environmentoptions.xml

To workaround the problem, simply correct a line:
<CompilerFilename Value="/usr/local/bin/ppc386">
into
<CompilerFilename Value="/usr/local/bin/fpc">
or
<CompilerFilename Value="/usr/local/bin/ppcppc">

Then, Lazarus starts correctly.

Lazarus is fairly fast and good choice of RADs especially for these slow machi nes. So, I will add this workaround into Lazarus-ccr : OS_X_Programming_Tips, ok?

Haruo, Niigata Japan.

That's strange, because Lazarus shouldn't crash with incorrect compiler version used.

So, I will add this workaround into Lazarus-ccr : OS_X_Programming_Tips, ok?

sure, you can.

Also, if you have time, please test one of the daily snapshots to see if the error present there.

thanks,
dmitry

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Yes, thank you.

Mattias

Well, very strange. Attached TIFF is the error message, saying 'Invalid argume nt index in format "".' I installed Lazarus to Quicksilver G4, iBook G4 14-in ch and iMac G5 without this error. The difference I noticed was that I had ins talled older Lazarus to these macs before 0.9.28 installation. In other words, once installed correcly, upgrading/downgrading of Lazarus was ok.

I will try the newest snapshot after completely deleting 0.9.28 in mac mini G4 , but it will take some days, sorry.

Thank you, Mattias. I will add the tip in a couple of days.

Haruo.