[Lazarus] Cannot find inc file from a registered package...

[Bo Berglund]

On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 10:24:04 +0200, Mattias Gaertner via lazarus
<lazarus at lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote:

>On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 10:11:47 +0200
>Bo Berglund via lazarus <lazarus at lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote:
>
>>[...]
>> >> How can I see what paths are part of the indylaz package?
>
>Open its package editor.
>Click Options
>Click Show Options
>
>Are you sure indylaz from online package manager is broken?

I did not claim that...

>>[...]
>> Will that then have to be modified if I move the project to a Linux
>> box but with the same fpc/lazarus versions?
>
>If the package is really broken, that you have to fix it, then you have
>to apply the fix on another machine as well. Or copy the fixed package
>to the new machine.

I just wanted to know how one could include a package file in a
platform independent way. But it is no longer needed.

> 
>> It seems like the system should keep track of which package is in use,
>> maybe by utilizing an environment variable like $INDY10 or $INDYLAZ.
>> Then one could enter a path in the project options/compiler/paths
>> using that env var?
>
>I'm not sure what you are trying to achieve.
>It is enough to open the indylaz lpk once. The IDE then remembers the
>location. 
>Or execute once at command line:
>/path/of/your/lazbuild --add-package-link=/path/to/indylaz.lpk
>

No, as I described in a follow-up the include is no longer needed.
But what I was curious about is how one can include files from a
package, I never said that indylaz was broken, but my understanding of
Lazarus is incomplete...

But since it is no longer needed I think we can drop it altogether.

Sorry for the noise.


-- 
Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden