[Lazarus] Using different FPC versions

Mattias Gaertner nc-gaertnma at netcologne.de
Mon Feb 10 19:09:58 CET 2014


On Mon, 10 Feb 2014 19:45:44 +0200
patspiper <patspiper at gmail.com> wrote:

>[...]
> It allows the caller to specify the location (AFAIK it can be a relative 
> path) of ppcxxx (the actual compiler). That option removes the need to 
> rely on env variables to specify the fpc and ppcxxx paths. It would be 
> enough to provide a qualified path in the IDE options for the fpc 
> executable, and coupled with a -Xp field, it would allow fpc to locate 
> the ppcxxx executable.
> ex: ./fpc -h -Xp../lib/fpc/2.6.3

Sorry. I don't get it.
With this option I can select a ppcxxx executable. But I can
already select a ppc executable directly. So what do I gain?

And how can I select the right sub tools like fpcres? I still need to
specify the PATH, don't I?


Mattias




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