[fpc-devel] Making a debian package from FPC

[Daniël Mantione]

Op Thu, 31 Aug 2006, schreef ik:

> Thanks again :)
> I compiled gdb from sources, and copied the libgdb.a to the fpcsrc and
> symlink it as libgdb and it worked.
> 
> (Just to make it index for others to have that using search engines :))
> 
> Now another question is, can I cross compile to make an i386 deb
> packages as well ?

Generally, yes, but there can be a few surprises:
* The compiler expects 32-bit libraries in /lib
* Bootstrap compilers <=2.0.2 need you to set GNUTARGET and LDEMULATION
  to instruct the binutils to generate 32-bit binaries.
* Allhtough building works, I'm not sure of .deb-building.

Daniël