[fpc-pascal] Introducing PasBuild 1.0.0 - Maven-Inspired Build Tool for Free Pascal

[Marco van de Voort]

Op 9-12-2025 om 18:54 schreef Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal:
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> Nothing stops you from adding a loop that scans the (sub)directories and
> adds units as targets. The fpmake from pas2js does that. We could 
> maybe add
> a convenience call to automate this.

That's also what I thought. Beside fpmake for the heavy duty side of 
things (with partial generation or not), and a simple Lazarus group 
project on the other hand for simple, in order builds, what is the point 
of pasbuild? I only realised that after my previous post.

> As you noted, fpmake can do parallelism. In order to process 
> files/packages in the correct order, you need to specify the 
> dependencies correctly. This requires
> rigourous analysis of the source files (uses clauses and include 
> directives)
> with all the correct defines in place etc.

I don't know, that somehow doesn't make sense to me. Does fpmake really 
analyse cross package?

> When fpmake was written, there simply was no tool that could do this
> correctly. Today such a tool exists, and we can think about automating 
> this.
>
> Note that if these dependencies are not correct, you run into all 
> kinds of errors
> when doing parallel compilation.
> Pierre will probably paint a more complete picture than I do.

I would be glad to hear about it.  But I thought that Joost wrote the 
core of fpmake?

Something there doesn't compute IMHO. Either I'm missing something, or 
the required detail is more than needed, or for some other purpose than 
straight build.

> fpmake also prepares the installs and zips. You need to know what 
> files need to be installed and what not. This can be automated to some 
> degree, but never fully.

That is after a build. Parsing FPC output could give you that information.

Sorry to be a pain in the *ss, but I do think that spelling the reasons 
why fpmake is what it is, is important.