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Error compiling Lazarus: makefile:29: *** You need the GNU utils package to use this Makefile. Stop.

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Peter Williams

Lazarus 0.9.31
I have done a SVN Update on my c:\freepascal\laz folder and Lazarus is still dated 2011-02-13 I have downloaded GNU Make for Windows and GNU Utils and when I do a "Tools / Build All with profile Build All" get this error: makefile:29: *** You need the GNU utils package to use this Makefile. Stop. Best Regards,Peter E WilliamsHobart, Australia

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Marco van de Voort
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In our previous episode, Peter Williams said:

Lazarus 0.9.31 I have done a SVN Update on my c:\freepascal\laz folder and Lazarus is still dated 2011-02-13

So far so good.

I have downloaded GNU Make for Windows and GNU Utils

There should be no reason to do that. If you do that, you are asking for trouble. Use the tried and tested versions that come with FPC releases unless you know what you are doing.

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Peter Williams
to Marco van de Voort

Hi,

SOLVED.

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To: Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:09:20 +0100 From: Subject: Re: [Lazarus] Error compiling Lazarus: makefile:29: *** You need the GNU utils package to use this Makefile. Stop. In our previous episode, Peter Williams said: > > Lazarus 0.9.31 > I have done a SVN Update on my c:\freepascal\laz folder and Lazarus is still dated 2011-02-13 So far so good. > I have downloaded GNU Make for Windows and GNU Utils There should be no reason to do that. If you do that, you are asking for trouble. Use the tried and tested versions that come with FPC releases unless you know what you are doing.

Thanks, I was unaware that make.exe comes with FPC installation. I found it here:
C:\freepascal\binutils\i386-win32\make.exe

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