[Lazarus] Can't compile Lazarus on Linux Mint 15

[Sven Barth]

Am 29.10.2013 10:29, schrieb Michael Van Canneyt:
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> On Tue, 29 Oct 2013, Sven Barth wrote:
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>> Am 29.10.2013 09:01 schrieb "Reinier Olislagers" 
>> <reinierolislagers at gmail.com>:
>> >
>> > On 28/10/2013 22:55, Sven Barth wrote:
>> > > On 28.10.2013 18:54, Reinier Olislagers wrote:
>> > >> On 28/10/2013 17:58, Marco van de Voort wrote:
>> > >>> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 02:00:25PM +0100, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
>> > >>>>> On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 01:52:44PM -0300, silvioprog wrote:
>> > >>>> It seems -XLA exists in the fpc sources but is neither 
>> documented nor
>> > >>>> listed in fpc -h.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> XLO/XLA has been documented in the buildfaq since 2.0.4 times.
>> > >>> Basically it is a simple system for substitutions and 
>> prioritization
>> > >>> on the
>> > >>> combined list of $linklibs for systems with flat linker 
>> namespaces.
>> > >>> (read:
>> > >>> linux and *BSD)
>> > >>
>> > >> So: woe betide anybody who expects fpc -h to actually spit out all
>> > >> available command line options... with however short a description.
>> > >> Shame.
>> > >
>> > > It was already mentioned sometimes ago that the help output of 
>> FPC is
>> > > maintained by hand and does not necessarily always contain all 
>> available
>> > > options.
>> >
>> > Thanks Sven. I understand and respect the "by hand" thing.
>> >
>> > What I find more problematic is not having all available options 
>> listed.
>> > The compiler itself is the natural, most logical place to have an
>> > overview of all options, which can then be further explained in other
>> > documentation.
>> >
>> > If all possible options aren't there, where should people be 
>> looking for
>> > a complete list?
>>
>> The compiler's source. This is the only location which is really up 
>> to date. (may sound harsh, but that's how it is...)
>
> Strange as it may be, but I always peruse the compiler sources when 
> updating the user manual for a release.
>
> I haven't encountered the XLO/XLA options.
Line 2103 of $fpcdir/compiler/options.pas (current trunk)

Added by Marco in revision 3788 (June 2006).

Regards,
Sven