[Lazarus] Lazarus, ReactOS etc.

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Sven Barth wrote:
> Just if someone is curious:
> 
> I have now installed the ARWINSS variant of ReactOS in a QEMU VM and 
> installed Lazarus there. This worked without problems and I then started 
> Lazarus. A command line window appeared two times (maybe when the 
> compiler was started) and then Lazarus was there. As the graphic 
> subsystem of ARWINSS is based on the Wine one the bug mentioned here 
> http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=17299 applies and all 
> (transparent) icons are displayed upside down. I then tried to just run 
> (F9) the empty project. A console window appeared (again the compiler) 
> and built the project in the temp directory (that worked). Then the 
> application was started and BAM bluescreen. Nice one.
> I restarted the VM and tested again with a disabled debugger and it 
> worked. So the debug API of the kernel does not seem to work correctly. ;)
> 
> Otherwise Lazarus seems to work with that variant of ReactOS.

I suspect that there's a lot of difference between "bleeding edge" 
ReactOS or ARWINSS and the last "official" ReactOS release. I definitely 
note your positive experience and when time permits (i.e. definitely not 
for a few days or weeks) will take another look.

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
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