[Lazarus] custom output filename when rebuilding Lazarus IDE

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:54:17 +0200
Graeme Geldenhuys <graeme at mastermaths.co.za> wrote:

> This comes from another message thread, but I though this deserves a
> separate title...
> 
> 
> I have two icons on my desktop, and both use the --pcp= parameter with
> different profile directories.
> 
>   Lazarus (stable)     ->  $HOME/.lazarus-stable/
>   Lazarus (unstable).  ->  $HOME/.lazarus/
> 
> 
> Can I tell Lazarus (Tools > Configure Build Lazarus) what my desired
> output filename must be, instead of always defaulting to 'lazarus'
> 
> Currently I build the stable executable, rename it. Then build the
> unstable version and rename it. :-(

Why do you rename it?
I guess with 'stable' lazarus a 0.9.28 plus stable packages and the
unstable is the 0.9.29 plus unstable packages, right?


> Can I override the default executable name ('lazarus') to something else?

No.
It would make startlazarus job hard to find the right executable and
give advice when something went wrong.


Mattias