[lazarus] Lazarus how-to 0.2
Michael Van Canneyt
michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be
Fri May 14 07:54:18 EDT 1999
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That file is out of date.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
> ___________________________________________________________________________
> [root at belial fpc]# pwd
> /opt/fpc
> [root at belial fpc]# find . -name makefile.cfg
> [root at belial fpc]#
> ___________________________________________________________________________
>
> 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This file has been superseded by makefile.fpc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.
> ___________________________________________________________________________
>
> #!/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
> ___________________________________________________________________________
>
> 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.
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