[Lazarus] Using different FPC versions

[patspiper]

On 10/02/14 19:12, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
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> On Mon, 10 Feb 2014, patspiper wrote:
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>>> Once this is implemented, it can be done by "additions and 
>>> overrides" too.
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>> Although it is a welcome feature, it will make the usage really 
>> complicated considering build modes might cater for debug/release, 
>> FPC version, win/linux, etc...
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>> I instead propose to have a field next to the compiler path in the 
>> IDE options that accepts fpc's -Xp parameter. Xp allows one to 
>> specify the relative folder of the actual compiler (ppcxxx) with 
>> respect to the fpc executable. That would work well since each 
>> ppcxxx's location is fixed with respect to its associated fpc 
>> executable.
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> That assumption is not correct on Unix.

That's interesting and unexpected. Can you give an example on fpc's 
folder hierarchy on unix?

Stephano