[lazarus] Clean build from nothing

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:54:10 -0400
cryst at golden.net wrote:

> I'm thinking about creating an ebuild for the gentoo linux distrubution.
> This (for those who don't know) is a distro which builds everything from
> source. An Ebuild automates this process. (in short it will add a number
> of users (and hopefully developers)).
> 
> I've looked over the doc's and the faq and the downloads, and I've
> followed the mailing list. In short I'm rather confused as to what is
> needed. Do I need FPC Version 1.07 as in the downloads, or 1.08 as in the
> the mailing list, or 1.1 as in the downloads. Where is the best place to
> download it from?

Both 1.0.7 and 1.0.8 wil work. Current 1.1 does not work. You can try a
later version of 1.1. For example the one provided on the website.


> How about the Lazarus. It looks like it is in heavy development right now 
> (which I feel is good), am I better grabbing source from the cvs or from
> the download section?

The daily snapshot or even better the cvs version of today is more stable
and advanced than the rpms/debs in the download section. The rpms/debs will
be updated when 1.0.8 is released.


> Should I hold off until 1.08 fpc is officially released? 

Good question. The 1.0.8 is now releasing one month. I hope it will not take
another one.

 
> Is there a document somewhere that explains exactly how to install from 
> source? (I'm not interested in binaries). 

There is a basic docs/INSTALL text. It should explain a few things. Please
help to improve it.


Mattias