[Lazarus] Using different FPC versions

[Hans-Peter Diettrich]

Michael Van Canneyt schrieb:

> I find makefiles with all the variables, rules and whatnot far easier to 
> understand than this dialog.

I only can interpret the final commandlines, generated from makefiles 
after macro substitution. From there it's a puzzle to find out what 
deserves an adjustment, in order to yield the intended result.


>> Some packages do not support overriding the output directory.
> 
> Huh ? These packages are not very well designed then. A package should 
> always be oblivious to the output dir.

This again indicates to me that it is overly complicated to understand 
the rules, and to provide proper/conforming configurations.

> If it is not, it should IMHO be discarded from the lazarus installation.

Why not simply fix the packages?


>> Another possibility is to add a wizard to quickly setup some common
>> options. Similar to the initial setup dialog.
> 
> In view of the "Some packages do not support overriding the output 
> directory."
> you mentioned earlier, I somehow doubt this is a workable idea ?

Just that problem (and all others) should be fixable by such a tool.

DoDi