[Lazarus] Problems after updating on Windows

[Leonardo M. Ramé]

On 2011-09-14 11:59:03 -0300, Leonardo M. Ramé wrote:
> On 2011-09-14 16:40:35 +0200, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> >     
> > 
> >    "Leonardo M. Rame" <l.rame at griensu.com> hat am 14. September 2011 um 16:13
> >    geschrieben:
> > 
> >    > On 2011-09-14 15:38:05 +0200, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> >    > >     
> >    > >
> >    > >    "Leonardo M. Rame" <l.rame at griensu.com> hat am 14. September 2011
> >    um 15:18
> >    > >    geschrieben:
> >    > >
> >    > >    > Hi, after updating from svn on Windows, and doing "make clean
> >    all", I
> >    > >    run Lazarus from a shortcut on
> >    > >    > my desktop that calls "E:\lazarus\startlazarus.exe".
> >    > >    >
> >    > >    > The problem is that every time I run it, it asks for the FPC
> >    Sources
> >    > >    > directory. It should store that value on some file or folder, but
> >    it
> >    > >    > apparently is skiping this step.
> >    > >    >
> >    > >    > I also noted that Tools->Options->Make path is empty, and I have
> >    to fill
> >    > >    > it again and again every time I start Lazarus.
> >    > >
> >    > >     
> >    > >
> >    > >    If you use 0.9.31:
> >    > >
> >    > >    Look into View / IDE Internals / About IDE. This will show the
> >    primary
> >    > >    config path, the directory where the IDE stores its files. 
> >    > >
> >    > >     
> >    > >
> >    > >    Now find out, why these files are deleted/not stored on your
> >    system.
> >    > >
> >    > >    Mattias
> >    >
> >    > Thanks Mattias, the config files are stored in:
> >    >
> >    > C:\Documents and Settings\Administrador\Configuracion local\Datos de
> >    programa\lazarus\
> >    >
> >    > In that directory I have this:
> >    >
> >    > idemake.cfg
> >    > laz_indentation.pas
> >    > lazarus.dci
> >    > staticpackages.in
> > 
> >     
> > 
> >    Strange. All xml files are missing. 
> > 
> >    When you start the IDE with --debug-log=log.txt, do you see any error
> >    message in the log.txt? 
> > 
> >     
> > 
> >     
> >    > How can I force Lazarus to re-create the needed files?
> > 
> >     
> > 
> >    The IDE always creates the needed files.
> > 
> >    Maybe the xml writer has problems with the "o"? But then you should see an
> >    error message on stdout. 
> 
> I attached the log.txt
> 
> This version of Lazarus apparently cannot work with directory names
> containing accents.
> 
> I'm using FPC 2.7.1 - Lazarus 0.9.1 both from svn trunk on Windows 2003
> 

Well, for now, I added "--primary-config-path=e:\lazarus\config" to the
shortcut that calls startlazarus on my desktop.

-- 
Leonardo M. Ramé
http://leonardorame.blogspot.com