[Lazarus] custom output filename when rebuilding Lazarus IDE

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> 
> Why not use a symlink?
> /opt/lazarus-stable -> /opt/lazarus

I don't understand... or you don't understand my use-case. :) This is
what I do about once a week.... in order


  $ cd /opt/lazarus
  $ git checkout upstream     // now inside clean "trunk" branch
  $ git pull                  // get latest Trunk and Fixes branch
  $ make clean; make all;     // I actually do this from in Lazarus IDE
  $ mv lazarus lazarus-unstable

Now I have Trunk (unstable) executable

  $ git checkout fixes_0.9.28
  $ make clean; make all;
  $ mv lazarus lazarus-0.9.28


I have two icons on my desktop for each of the 'lazarus-xxx' versions (I
don't use startlazarus) and have the correct '--pcp=xxx' parameter setup.

See why I want to pass in a option to generate an alternative
executable, instead of the default 'lazarus'. If I don't do a rename
between compiles, the second compile will override the first ones
executable.

I can't see how symlinks will help in this case?


> Finding the right lazarus executable, starting and restarting lazarus.
> On windows, the system with the exe lock, it additionally juggle the
> executables.

OK, so in the case of Linux, only first task (find right executable) is
really used.  When starting 'lazarus' directly, I have no problems
restarting or rebuilding Lazarus executable from within Linux.
So I don't miss much. :)


Regards,
  - Graeme -

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