[fpc-devel]IOI2002: FPC 1.0.6 <--> RHIDE broken

[Tom Verhoeff]

I am currently in Korea at the Review Meeting in preparation
for IOI2002, which will take place in August this year.  Also see

	http://olympiads.win.tue.nl/ioi/

Almost 80 countries are expected to participate in this
big competition, bringing the total number of competitors
to some 300.  FreePascal is going to be used as one of the compilers.

It has now come to my attention that the newly
released FPC 1.0.6 no longer works with RHIDE (neither 1.4.9,
nor 1.5 snapshot).  This is a BIG concern, because the fpIDE
is not stable enough.

I offer 100 euro for quickly repairing this.  It is most
likely something in FreePascal, because FPC 1.0.4 does work
with RHIDE.  Maybe it is a linking issue.  (Note: We may
still have to negotiate what it means that this is repaired,
please take this up with me.)

For your information, the platforms to be used at IOI2002 are

  *  Debian Linux (Woody 3.0)
  *  Windows XP

FPC 1.0.6 works on neither platform with RHIDE.

More information about the IOI2002 programming environment can
be found at

	http://www.ioi2002.or.kr/eng/com.htm

Best regards,

	Tom Verhoeff
	Chair IOI Scientific Committee