[Lazarus] Multiple profile directories

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:02:46 +0000
> Mark Morgan Lloyd <markMLl.lazarus at telemetry.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> When running with multiple profile directories (--pcp option), is it 
>> possible to put something in (a file in) the default ~/.lazarus so that 
>> if it's used there's a warning on startup e.g. "You're running with the 
>> default profile, do you really want to do this?".
>>
>> I'm not talking about an automatic facility here, just something that a 
>> developer can insert or enable manually as a reminder to himself.
> 
> Is an error messages sufficient?

I think so. Something that can be removed so the directory can be used 
as a template for a new copy.

>> At the same time, could a quick check be run that the FPC version is as 
>> expected?
> 
> As expected?
> One IDE can work with multiple FPC versions.

I wasn't able to rebuild 0.9.26.2 while ppc386 -> 2.4.0 (working from 
memory), I had to revert to 2.2.4. So possibly a warning if the compiler 
version has been changed since the last successful run.

-- 
Mark Morgan Lloyd
markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk

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