[Lazarus] Using Laz 32bits to compile 64bits

[Marcos Douglas]

On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 7:16 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys
<graemeg.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 19 August 2011 15:45, Marcos Douglas wrote:
>>
>> My questions are:
>> 1. I can use Lazarus 32bits in a machine 64bits but compile a program to 64bits?
>
>
> I have long since given up on cross-compiling. And even when it did
> work (successfully generated an executable), that executable often
> crashed when run. So now I simply have one VM session for each OS we
> want to target. I have build scripts on each, so no need to open IDE's
> compile packages, change compiler settings for release versions etc.
> Simply load the VM, and run the build script. The build script
> automatically pulls the latest code and compiles with release build
> compiler settings.
>
> This works perfectly for our company for over a year, and we will
> continue using this method in the future.

Could you explain more about how do you works with scripts? For
example, how do you updates ALL script if you add one more lib
(sources)?
Do you have a FPC and Lazarus installed in each VM?

Marcos Douglas