[fpc-devel] Lazarus keeps it's secrets

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:44:42 +0100
Michael Schnell <mschnell at lumino.de> wrote:

>[...]
> > Install a RTL with debugging info.
> >   
> 
> While its obvious that this in fact is the problem (and silly me did not
> see it :( ):
> 
> How come LCL is installed with, and RTL is installed without debugging
> information ?

To fit most user expectations.

 
> How to install RTL with debugging info ? (I did not yet ever recompile
> the complete RTL, while I did try to include RTL files in the project
> and failed due to includes I was not able to decently resolve).

Compiling fpc is very complicated. But there is hidden trick which
only a few people know. I will reveal the secret for the first time
ever to the public:

make clean all OPT=-gl
sudo make install INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr


Mattias