[lazarus] Lazarus how-to 0.2

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Fri, 14 May 1999, Michael Anthon wrote:

> I have tried the following instructions and have some unstuck trying to
> compile the rtl.  In the rtl/README it says...

That file is out of date. I updated it.

> 
> Now, the problem is, there does not seem to be a rtl/cfg/makefile.cfg. 
> Is this something I am doing wrong or should this file exist in the CVS
> ?  I have only just done a CVS update.

No. see below

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> [root at belial fpc]# pwd
> /opt/fpc
> [root at belial fpc]# find . -name makefile.cfg
> [root at belial fpc]# 
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> 
> This file does not exist anywhere in the cvs (or maybe I have done the
> update wrong?  See following script and please let me know if I am an
> idiot)

This file has been superseded by makefile.fpc


> 
> Here is a simple script that may be of help to those trying to figure
> out this CVS stuff for the first time.  Place it in /opt/fpc and just
> run it each time you want to do an update.
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> 
> #!/bin/bash
> CVSROOT=':pserver:cvs at tflily.fys.kuleuven.ac.be:/usr/local/CVS'
> cvs -z3 -d ${CVSROOT} update -d base gtk compiler lazarus rtl fcl
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> 
> While we are on this subject, what level of compression should be used? 
> I was of the understanding that 9 is the highest compression ratio,
> should I be using this instead of 3 ?

The difference between 3 and 9 is minimal. level 9 however puts a big load
on the server, so it is not good practice to use that.

Michael.