Fw: Fwd: Re: [lazarus] Lazarus and FreeBSD problem findingunits

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Sat, 2 Aug 2003 22:27:02 -0400
Rod Person <opensourcebeef at hotpop.com> wrote:

> On Friday 01 August 2003 05:24 am, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> > On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 08:50:11 +0200 (CEST)
> >
> > > > I tried placing the paths to
> > > > /usr/local/lib/fpc-1.0.10/freebsd/units/rtl and
> > > > /usr/local/share/src/fpc-1.0.10/rtl/unix in the compile options
> > > > other units and other sources respectively, but still I get the
> > > > error.
> >
> > This is because the units of the FCL (classes.pp) also uses the
> > SysUtils. The compiler options are only valid for the project
> > directory. The FPC sources consists of many packages and libraries
> > with dependencies, that can't be described with a few search paths.
> > Just set the FPC Source directory in the environment options and the
> > IDE will scan the directory and auto create the needed settings. You
> > can see the result in Environment -> CodeTools Defines Editor.
> >
> > Note:
> > The IDE uses a platform independent mechanism to setup the FPC source
> > directory. But there are some exceptions which need some tricks (e.g.
> > syswin32 and syslinux). I only tested it under linux and a little bit
> > under win32. So, maybe some units or include files will not be found
> > under BSD. Please report them.
> 
> Ok, I found the problem I think. It's looking for SysUtils (and others)
> under
> /usr/local/share/src/fpc-1.0.10/rtl/freebsd. Well that's not where they
> are.
> Some of these units where in /usr/local/share/src/fpc-1.0.10/rtl/unix,
> /usr/local/share/src/fpc-1.0.10/rtl/inc and
> /usr/local/share/src/fpc-1.0.10/fcl/unix. I copied these file to
> /usr/local/share/src/fpc-1.0.10/rtl/freebsd and everything seemed to go
> fine
> until it wanted a file called setjumph.inc, it seems that file does not
> exists on my system. I can not find it anywhere. It is needed for
> systemh.inc
> So now I am stuck here :(

I added the fpc bsd specials.
Please restore the fpc source directory to its original state, update
lazarus from cvs. To force the fpc cache of lazarus, change the FPC source
directory in the environment options to some bogus directory, click ok, then
change it back and click ok.


Mattias