[Lazarus] how to build lazarus so that it support fpc2.7.1

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Sat, 10 Nov 2012 11:52:22 +0200
Eric Kom <erickom at metropolitancollege.co.za> wrote:

> Good day,
> 
> Please after build fpc and  lazarus from trunk successfully, the build 
> process of lazarus it still using fpc2.6.0 instead of fpc2.7.1. my 
> question is, how can I build lazarus so that it support fpc2.7.1?
> 
> See below the build command for lazarus from trunk

Pass the compiler with PP:

make clean bigide install PREFIX=/usr/local/share/fpc2.7/
PP=/usr/lib/fpc/2.7.1/ppcx64

And change in the IDE options the compiler.

Mattias