[fpc-pascal] Compiler Building

[Vincent Snijders]

SteveG wrote:
> Please excuse this if in the wrong list (if so, pls advise correct list)
> I have a full CVS of  latest FPC (1.9.6) running on WinXP and have been 
> trying to rebuild the compiler as per 
> http://www.stack.nl/~marcov/buildfaq.pdf,
> Following the instructions for 'make cycle' (or any others) gives the error
> 
> Entering directory 'C:/fpc/rtl/win32'
> __missing_command_MKDIRPROG -p ../../rtl/units/i386-win32
> process_begin: CreateProcess((null), __missing_command_MKDIRPROG -p 
> ../../rtl/units/i386-win32, ...) failed.
> make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified.
> 
> Could somebody please advise on where I am going wrong?
> 

You are missing gmkdir.exe, one of the needed make utilities.
If you installed a recent lazarus release, copy it from 
lazarus\pp\bin\i386-win32 to the path with where make.exe is located.

You can download all utilities from: 
ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/contrib/utils/win32/makew32.zip

Vincent.