[Lazarus] Register Package Help

[Lee Jenkins]

Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> On Thu, 01 May 2008 19:48:52 -0400
> Lee Jenkins <lee at datatrakpos.com> wrote:
> 
>> Mattias Gaertner wrote:
>>> On Thu, 01 May 2008 09:59:08 -0400
>>> Lee Jenkins <lee at datatrakpos.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I'm trying to create a package to that contains a unit which
>>>> defines a TShape descendant component following this example:
>>>>
>>>> http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Lazarus_Packages#Adding_existing_components_to_a_Package
>>>>
>>>> The problem that I'm having is that package overwrites the .pas
>>>> file that I include with:
>>> You named the package the same as the unit. 
>>> The IDE should not allow this. Please create a bug report and
>>> explain how you did that. Did you create a new package, added the
>>> file and then saved the package?
>> Actually, I have yet to get my password from the bug tracker and I
>> have been lazy in not creating a new profile which I'll do after
>> writing this email :)
>>
>> The unit source name is:
>>
>> pos_button.pas
>>
>> I named the .lpk file:
>>
>> posbutton.lpk
>>
>> I figured that the names should not be exact, but I suppose that the
>> IDE somehow stripped the underscore ?
>>
>> At any rate,
>>
>> 1. I created the source file first.
>>
>> 2. Create the packages and added through "Add Unit" tab.
>>
>> 3. Saved the lpk file as posbutton.lpk
>>
>> 4. Compiled it and that is when it overwrote my source file.
> 
> Here it works. That means, it does not strip the underscore. The only
> place where underscores are stripped are in the widgetsets for labels.
> I don't see any relationship.
> Can you reproduce it?
> 
> I added a check in svn 15029 to forbid naming a package as a unit.
> 
> Mattias

Mattias,

Is this included in snapshots?  I have problems when trying to build from 
sources on Windows, but I'll download the latest snapshot this weekend and give 
it a go again and see if I can get it to replicate the problem or not.

Thanks a bunch for your help.

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Warm Regards,

Lee