I have had this problem on several different occasions now, and each time it seems to cost me an hour -- sometimes many -- of banging my head against a wall. Despite my repeated attempts to discover a consistent way to resolve it, it remains elusive. The problem is this:
/Docs/fpc/saralatools/Extras/sarala_tools.pas(1,1) Fatal: Can't find unit
LazarusPackageIntf used by sarala_toolsThe best part, of course, is that I don't think my sarala_tools package ought to be using "LazarusPackageIntf" at all. The fpgui_toolkit package does not list it as a requirement, and that package file works fine (in fact I use it as a requirement). So I go and delete LazarusPackageIntf from the "uses" list. But when I try to compile the package file, Lazarus PUTS THE REQUIREMENT BACK IN! And then it cannot find the thing it put in! Totally absurd!
Aside from the question of what did I do to make it want this requirement, my real question is how on earth can I consistently resolve this issue?
It seems to pop up at some point after upgrading lazarus (I upgraded to the 0.9.29 fixes branch from the ubuntu repo roday). But the problem did not surface for a few hours after that. Then all of a sudden the problem appeared, and that means I cannot compile my work grinds to a complete halt for an hour and a half, while I pull my hair out trying to figure out how to make the thing work again: by reinstalling, removing my ~/.lazarus folder, checking paths in /etc/fpc.cfg, whatever nonsense thing might somehow be related. And then, after I do something which I've already done 4 times before, seemingly by magic, it just starts working again.
Does anybody know what is behind this?
thanks -- sorry for being ranty -- hopefully it was at least a little bit fun to read!
~David.