[fpc-devel] 'fpmake install' should do what?

[Peter Vreman]

> On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 6:02 PM, Peter Vreman <peter at freepascal.org> wrote:
>>
>> To see what fpmake does add --verbose or --debug.
>
> ah, the -v option showed where the files were copied to... Needless to
> say, the wrong location, as shown below.
>
> ---------------------------------
> $ ./fpmake install -v -B /opt/fpc_2.2.3 -UG
> /opt/fpc_2.2.3/lib/fpc/2.2.3/units/i386-linux/
> Installing package fcl-fpcunit
> Copying file "units/i386-linux/digesttestreport.o" to
> "/opt/fpc_2.2.3/units/i386-linux/fcl-fpcunit"
>
> ---------------------------------
>
> I had to specify the following, to get it to work correctly.
>
> ./fpmake install -v -B /opt/fpc_2.2.3/lib/fpc/2.2.3/ -UG
> /opt/fpc_2.2.3/lib/fpc/2.2.3/units/i386-linux/
>
>>
>> for 'fpmake build' you should not need to specify the final output dir. 'fpmake install' will
>> move
>> the files.
>
> I had to, otherwise I get the following error.
>
> ----------------------------------
> $ ./fpmake install -v -UG /opt/fpc_2.2.3/lib/fpc/2.2.3/units/i386-linux/
> Installing package fcl-fpcunit
> The installer encountered the following error:
> Failed to create directory
> "/usr/local/lib/fpc/2.2.3/units/i386-linux/fcl-fpcunit"
> ----------------------------------
>
>
> This brings me to another question. Why must I keep specifying the -UG
> <path>??  If i don't I keep getting some error about can't finding the
> RTL dependency units. I can compile a simple program by simply using
> 'fpc someprogram.pas' from any directory location. FPC is in my PATH
> and fpc.cfg has the correctly unit paths setup.
>
> My $HOME/.fpc.cfg  already has the correct unit path location, but
> 'fpmake' doesn't seem to read or use the fpc.cfg settings at all.

Correct fpmake does not use fpc.cfg. It also can't read it because the configuration in the
fpc.cfg depends on (internal) compiler defines.

Peter