i've just updated my FPC trunk and now my Lazarus trunk won't compile...

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* TASK: before svn update...
* CMND: make distclean
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* "make distclean" complete...
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* TASK: updating lazarus from svn...
* CMND: TortoiseProc /command:update /path:"c:\freepascal\laz" *
* "TortoiseProc /command:update /path:"c:\freepascal\laz"" complete... ***************************************************************************

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* TASK: build lazbuild, startlazarus and necessary tools...
* CMND: make OPT="-gl -gh -dHEAPTRC_WINDOW" lazbuild lcl basecomponents starter bigidecomponents lhelp
*
make -C packager/registration
make[1]: Entering directory `c:/freepascal/laz/packager/registration' c:/freepascal/binutils/i386-win32/rm.exe -f ../units/i386-win32/fcllaz.ppu c:/freepascal/fpc/trunk/bin/i386-win32/ppc386.exe -MObjFPC -Scghi -O1 -g -gl -vewnhi -l -Fu. -FE. -FU../units/i386-win32 -gl -gh -dHEAPTRC_WINDOW -di386 fcllaz.pas
Hint: Start of reading config file c:\freepascal\fpc\trunk\bin\i386-win32\fpc.cfg Hint: End of reading config file c:\freepascal\fpc\trunk\bin\i386-win32\fpc.cfg Free Pascal Compiler version 2.7.1 [2014/01/10] for i386 Copyright (c) 1993-2013 by Florian Klaempfl and others Target OS: Win32 for i386
Compiling fcllaz.pas
Compiling registerfcl.pas
Compiling lazaruspackageintf.pas
PPU Loading C:\freepascal\fpc\trunk\units\i386-win32\rtl\variants.ppu PPU Source: variants.pp not available
Recompiling variants, checksum changed for System
Fatal: Can't find unit variants used by db
Fatal: Compilation aborted
make[1]: *** [fcllaz.ppu] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `c:/freepascal/laz/packager/registration' make: *** [registration] Error 2

Same here, no idea yet. Investigating...

Search for variants.* especially in the install folder as there may be several dangling ones due to recent changes in 2.7.1. If more then one is found, it would be better to clean all object files thoroughly.

Stephano

Search for variants.* especially in the install folder as there may be

several dangling ones due to recent changes in 2.7.1. If more then one is found, it would be better to clean all object files thoroughly.

Got it, instead of rtl and objpas, there are rtl and rtl-objpas directories now. The latter seems that recent changes you're talking about.

Wipe (or move out the compiler's unit path) the rtl/ directory in the installed FPC, and rebuild FPC.

Note that not erasing the unit dir when doing a snapshot update is a bad idea for exactly this reason (moving an unit in SVN will permanently leave multiple compiled versions in the units dir)

Marco van de Voort wrote

On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 07:23:18PM -0500, waldo kitty wrote: >

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i will do that when power returns... extremely high winds have lead to a lot of damage in this area :(

Note that not erasing the unit dir when doing a snapshot update is a bad idea for exactly this reason (moving an unit in SVN will permanently leave multiple compiled versions in the units dir)

that's why i run make clean and/or make distclean before updating from SVN... past discussions say that this should avoid this problem... but, as you and another noted, evidently the fpc config is pointing to the (now old) rtl directory and that needs to be changed, too...

in any case, thanks for all responses on this... when power returns, i'll be revisiting this ;)

I had same problem, but after one more update to:
fpc svn update 26427
lazarus svn update 43710
Kubuntu 13.10 x64
I don't know how and why but Now IDE builded,
projects and components are compiled. My project builded and running. But, I installed rxgrid, when click on objectinspecter for create event, open rxgrid.pas and this message popup

"Unable to create new method. Please fix the error shown in the message window, which is normally below the source editor. "

and message window has this error:
/home/lazarus/components/rx/rxdbgrid.pas(832,62) Error: unit not found: variants

another test:
open new project, add "variants" on uses of unit (code complied works here) then dblclick on OnActivate property on Objectinsp. created event in editor. Then dblclick on "OnChangeBounds" event property, editor create headers too, but, message windows has this error. but project compiling and running, this is very strange
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unit1.pas(8,75) Error: unit not found: variants

another test:
when first try code complied (form uses has variants), this error accur and code complied not work.

another test:
/opt/freepascal/2.7.1/packages/rtl-objpas/src/inc
this folder not in search path,
easy test, add any pp file (from this folder convutil.pp, dateutil.pp, variants.pp etc ) to form's uses and try ctrl + left click, not underline and not jump to that file.

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Did you try Tools/Rescan FPC source directory?

Stephano
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Thank you Stephano
was not, and now FIXED. for me.
Which file contain this infos?

12-01-2014 12:44 tarihinde, patspiper yazd?:

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I found it, maybe some one need so I'm writing
fpcdefines.xml in this file has it.

My system is kubuntu 13.10 x64 and this file and other settings file in this folder "/home/username/.lazarus"

12-01-2014 13:26 tarihinde, FreeMan yazd?:

Thank you Stephano was not, and now FIXED. for me. Which file contain this infos?

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waldo kitty wrote

that's why i run make clean and/or make distclean before updating from SVN...

That should remove it from the checkout dirs. But if you do a separate install step, the place you install too also should be sanitized. (though I have to admit I only do that on error myself too)

yeah, AFAIK, i don't do any type of "install" step... in the following, taskX is displayed on screen and in the log... stepX is the actual command executed for the task...

set task1=before svn update...
set step1=make distclean

set task2=updating lazarus from svn...
set step2=TortoiseProc /command:update /path:"%myLAZpath%"

set task3=build lazbuild, startlazarus and necessary tools... set step3=make OPT="-gl -gh -dHEAPTRC_WINDOW" lazbuild lcl basecomponents starter bigidecomponents lhelp

set task4=save existing lazarus.exe...
set step4=if exist lazarus.exe copy /y lazarus.exe lazarus.save.exe

set task5=Debug IDE
set step5=lazbuild.exe --build-ide="-gl -gh -dHEAPTRC_WINDOW" --build-mode="debug ide"

ahh!! i see now that you are speaking of FPC and not LAZ... i've now removed the unit directory from both of my sets of dirs... FPC seems to have built OK and now LAZ is making its run... so far, it looks to be OK as well... especially since my last LAZ build log only hit 54K and the one for this build is well on its way to the ~450K that i normally see ;)

[time passes]

looks like it worked! :)

the FPC revision is/was 26447 but the code doesn't pull that info from this TortiseSVN... i suspect this is because of a database format change... been like this since i updated some time back :/

Lazarus 1.3 r42488 FPC 2.7.1 i386-win32-win32/win64