[fpc-devel] Unit dependencies

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Wed, 4 Feb 2026, Martin Frb via fpc-devel wrote:

> On 04/02/2026 15:41, Hairy Pixels via fpc-devel wrote:
>>
>>
>> I tried to make a reproducible example but failed and gave up.  
>> Waiting 5 seconds when changing anything was too much.
>>
>
> Maybe I am simplifying this too much, and likely overlooking something....
>
> But, the assembler generates the .o files => and they should only be 
> needed for linking?
>
> So... if you compile units only (which means no linking), or otherwise 
> stop/defer the linking:
> Could you not just wrap the assembler into a small program, that would 
> start it into the background and return to the compiler pretending to be 
> done?

But you can already do this with the -s option. 
The compiler generates all needed files, and at the end produces a script that does the assembling and linking.

But in the end, if you want to test, you need to wait anyway till everything
is assembled and linked...

Michael.