[Lazarus] Search paths per platform

[Sven Barth]

On 14.09.2011 21:13, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
> Sven Barth schrieb:
>> On 14.09.2011 05:10, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
>>> Sven Barth schrieb:
>>>
>>>> 2. Delphi uses the Windows Registry to store its known packages, true,
>>>> but Lazarus basically does the same for its installed packages in its
>>>> XML files that are stored in e.g. %APPDATA%\lazarus or ~/.lazarus.
>>>
>>> The difference becomes obvious with multiple Lazarus installations.
>>> Where multiple Delphi versions share packages (causing trouble), every
>>> Lazarus installation must be configured explicitly.
>>
>> Different Delphi versions don't share packages.
>
> Every Delphi version uses it's own package version, but it's known that
> installation and deinstallation has side effects on other Delphi
> installations.

I had no problems when I installed Delphi 5 in parallel to Delphi 6 at 
work. Also not when I removed it again later and again later installed 
Delphi 2007...

Regards,
Sven