[fpc-devel] fpmake patch 21-aug

[Darius Blaszijk]

The following patch implements:
- added EXTERNALZIP define to make bootstrapping possible (missing =

zipper unit)
- implemented SearchFiles method which can search recursively and with a =

filemask (asterisk or questionmark) using MatchesMask function
- implemented methods AddDocFiles, AddSrcFiles, AddExampleFiles, =

AddTestFiles in TCustomInstaller
- implemented archiving of all files in TSources

Although the patch produces valid code, I also discovered some caveats =

in the process that need to be addressed. When using the fpmake.inc =

construct as in fcl\packages, a problem with the base directory arises. =

A package is written in such a way that files belonging to a package are =

described by using relative paths. This works as long as you create a =

fpmake.pp file per package.
When using the .inc approach, all code is linked to the top level =

fpmake.pp file, which destroys the paradigm. The only thing I can come =

up with is make an ifdef per fpmake.inc (which is very ugly imho) or not =

to use this approach and make it possible to cascade fpmake invocations =

starting from the top level fpmake. Any thoughts?

Darius
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