[Lazarus] RE : language setup /http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=22574

[Reinier Olislagers]

On 13-8-2012 11:22, Ludo Brands wrote:
>>> This lazset program can then also be used in people's existing svn 
>>> update batch files, fpcup, etc, so the main functionality 
>> would not be 
>>> platform/installer dependent.
>> IMHO this lazset is the IDE itself. If the installer creates 2 
>> startupmenu entries: one normal, and one with forced setup
>>
> Having "lazset"=IDE is indeed the easiest to maintain. But to accomodate 3rd
> party setup programs like fpcup, codetyphon(?), it would be nice if the IDE
> could be told what the setup params are instead of doing a forced setup.
> Compiler, fpc sources, debugger and perhaps language are known by these
> installers. Having something like a lazarus --setup="gdb=path-to-gdb
> language=the-language fpc=path-to-compiler ..." which sets the corresponding
> values in the lazarus configuration (eventually specified with --pcp) and
> doesn't launch the ide (returns immediately) would be a good compromise. 

If the devs can live with that solution, I certainly can ;)