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

Marco van de Voort marcov at stack.nl
Mon Feb 17 10:36:21 CET 2014


In our previous episode, Mattias Gaertner said:
> > 
> > I'm not sure if that is really what you need, but I think this is the most
> > flexible/straightforward method of `running one fpc.cfg per fpc version`.
> 
> It is the most flexible, I agree with that.
> 
> Most straightforward:
> Without the '..' it could be more straightforward, because you would
> not need the -n @.
> 
> My point is:
> The current search <dir>../etc/fpc.cfg does not work with the
> current defaults of "make install". The following would be better:
> 
> <dir>/etc/fpc.cfg
> or /etc/fpc-<version>/fpc.cfg
> or /etc/fpc.d/<version>.cfg
> 
> I agree with Marco that the first is not *nix like.

And none of all address the duplication of binaries in the bin directories. 



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