[Lazarus] Why does Lazarus insist on rebuilding the LCL?

[Bart]

On 5/23/11, Mattias Gaertner <nc-gaertnma at netcologne.de> wrote:

>> I'm not sure I understand you on this.
>> What should I delete?
>
> The entries about packages like LCL and IDEIntf.
> Only IDE and Examples are left.
> You can get the defaults by:
> Close IDE, remove ~/.lazarus/miscellaneousoptions.xml.

I will do that.

>> I used to be able to do a "build (clean) lcl" from within the IDE, now
>> I cannot anymore.
>
> The LCL is now a normal package. It will be compiled automatically or
> you can open the package and click "Compile".

Will try that.

>> I made changes to maskedit.pp (for debugging purposes) and wanted to
>> rebuild the LCL, but after selecting the buildprofile LCL and pressing
>> Build, nothing happend.
>> When I rebuilt the application, it also did not rebuild the LCL.

> When I touch maskedit the IDE recompiles the LCL.
> Make sure you have the recent svn version and no local modifications.

I did this just after updating (svn update), then make clean all, then
alter lcl/maskedit.pp

Probably a glitch on my system then...

I'll try again when I have my Linux box running.

Thanks for the help/suggestions.

Bart