[Lazarus] Lazarus config woes

[Mattias Gaertner]

Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1 at aol.com> hat am 31. März 2011 um 13:50
geschrieben:

>[...]
> > http://wiki.freepascal.org/Multiple_Lazarus#The_config_directory
>
> Thanks for this link - as is, it fully supports my opinions :-]
>
>  >>
>   The config directory
> [...]
> The config directory can be shared between different lazarus.
> [...]
> <<
>
> I wonder how this should work, when the abolute path to the Lazarus
> directory is stored in the config (environmentoptions.xml), and the
> loaded packages are built into the IDE executable. IMO the same config
> can be used only for Lazarus versions, that are compiled from the same
> Lazarus directory, e.g. for a debug and release version of the IDE itself. 
Yes. The wiki text was once true. Nowadays the Lazarus sources contains a lot of
packages that changes more often, so it is no longer advisable to share a config
directory between two versions.
 
>[...]
> IMO this page deserves an update, to reflect the current state and

> opinions of the contributors to this thread. 
I will update the wiki.
 
Mattias
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