For some time now i have had the problem on my linux install that crosscompiling Lazarus trunk from linux -> win32 (also win64) fails with this error:

win32lclintf.inc(123,7) Error: Identifier not found "SameStr"

Is anyone else getting this error also?

I'm using:
Lazarus 1.9.0 r58010 FPC 3.0.0 x86_64-linux-gtk2

Best regards,
Torsten

SameStr was introduced in FPC 3.0.2.

I'm pretty sure Lazarus trunk requires 3.0.4 anyway? Where was that documented, again?

That may very well be the case... i haven't been paying close attention to any notes in that regards.

Can a core Lazarus developer confirm whether it IS required to fpc 3.0.4 or if the above is considered a bug?

Best regards,
Torsten.

The rule is: Lazarus supports at least the 2 latest stable FPC versions. This means 3.0.4 and 3.0.2 currently. I don't know where this rule is documented.

IIRC, there was an exception in this rule - we kept support for FPC 2.6.4 in Lazarus 1.8, but FPC 2.6.x support was dropped with 1.9.

Ondrej

[...] The rule is: Lazarus supports at least the 2 latest stable FPC versions. This means 3.0.4 and 3.0.2 currently.

And trunk - when possible.

I don't know where this rule is documented.

It's not documented, since this depends on the FPC release. Supporting last two versions makes migrating to the new version easier. Supporting more than two depends on the amount of IFDEFs and the community.
FPC 3 introduced a big incompatibility, so we tried to support 2.6.4 longer.

IIRC, there was an exception in this rule - we kept support for FPC 2.6.4 in Lazarus 1.8, but FPC 2.6.x support was dropped with 1.9.

Mattias

Okay, thanks.

I guess it is time to update FPC then... :)

-Torsten.