[fpc-devel] One fpc.cfg per fpc version

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Mon, 17 Feb 2014, Tomas Hajny wrote:

>>
>> I agree that the best option would be to use the -V and -P options of fpc.
>>
>> But, for this, it would be best if fpc can list the available versions and
>> architectures/cross-compilers.
>
> Assuming that list of supported FPC installations should be configurable
> by the user in Lazarus settings, listing of versions wouldn't be necessary
> (it would be incomplete anyway in many cases). I see no use for -V in this
> use case either (due to differences between global and local installations
> and also installations in non-standard places). I believe that -Xp should
> cover everything needed (at least as long as that parameter is supported
> by the installed FPC version; if not, invoking fpc with a modified PATH
> would be my suggested solution).

I think you are wrong.

-Xp is there for the case you have a special setup.

-V is there for standard installations, so you don't need to know the paths.

I think it is by far preferable to use the latter.
If you're not going to use/encourage it, you'd better remove it altogether.

Michael.