Hello,

I got a new PC. I Installed FPC 3.2.0 from the setup found on the freepascal homepage. Then I did a SVN checkout for pas2js and I now want to make it.

The command is just "make clean all" in the pas2js directory (I use the full math to FPC make) :

d:\ENTWICKLUNG\FPC\pas2js>d:\ENTWICKLUNG\FPC\3.2.0\bin\i386-win32\make clean all

This is the error message:

process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, pas2js.exe -iV, ...) failed. make: Nothing to be done for `clean'.
c:/ENTWICKLUNG/FPC/3.2.0/bin/i386-Win32/ppc386.exe fpmake.pp *fpmake.pp(4,47) Fatal: Can't find unit fpmkunit used by fpmake* Fatal: Compilation aborted
make: *** [fpmake.exe] Error 1

Can somebody help me what am I missing? I used the same approach on my old PC and it worked OK. Also compiling FPC trunk works fine on the new PC.

Thanks
Ondrej

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Hello, I got a new PC. I Installed FPC 3.2.0 from the setup found on the freepascal homepage.

Did it create a fpc.cfg?

[...] c:/ENTWICKLUNG/FPC/3.2.0/bin/i386-Win32/ppc386.exe fpmake.pp *fpmake.pp(4,47) Fatal: Can't find unit fpmkunit used by fpmake*

Mattias

That was it, thanks! Strange that I was able to build the complete FPC trunk even with no fpc.cfg but not pas2js.

Ondrej

It's perfectly normal.

The Makefiles from FPC are made such way that this is possible. if you build pas2js in the FPC tree using those makefiles, it also will be built.

But if you checkout the pas2js and build using that, then a preconfigured fpc is needed.

Michael.

The fpc sources have everything to build themselves except for the starting compiler exe. They skip your fpc.cfg.

Mattias

I understand - for somebody who knows it, it is obvious :) I was puzzled because
1.) I expected the setup to create a valid fpc.cfg for me. 2.) When I was able to build FPC trunk, I expected the fpc.cfg to be there.

I remember to always generate fpc.cfg for the trunk compiler, but failed to realize that it may be missed in FPC stable as well.

Thanks for all the information!

Ondrej