[Lazarus] FPC Source Error: directory not found

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Mattias Gaertner wrote:

>> I pointed directly to the fpc/rtl/ directory, still the warning rtl
>> directory not fund.
> 
> rtl is just one sub folder of fpc.
> Point it to the fpc directory.
> 
> Any suggestions how to improve the error message to make this more clear?

Something like "The directory you have selected does not contain 
subdirectories rtl, packages and so on." (don't use "etc." in this context).

Could ppcXXX return its build directory? Then provided this existed and 
perhaps subject to other consistency checks the IDE could suggest it as 
the default.

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
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