[fpc-devel] Problem opening inc files without Archive set

[Dave Parsons]

On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:16:24 +0100 (CET), Tomas Hajny wrote:

> On Mon, March 10, 2008 08:58, Dave Parsons wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > I've just rebuilt the compiler on OS/2 and ran into a new problem.
> >
> > The build stops with the error below if the file it is trying
> > to include does not have the archive bit set. It had been cleared
> > by a recent backup.
> > If I set the bit manually again, then it is able to read it and
> > compiles ok.
>  .
>  .
> > Has anyone seen this before?
> 
> Not really, but it looks like a bug in file searching routines within OS/2
> RTL (either those in unit System or those in SysUtils) or something like
> that. :-( Unfortunately, I won't be able to play with it within the next
> two weeks (my OS/2 machine is on a different continent than me right now).

Yes, probably an incorrect mask to DosFindFirst somewhere.

It's not urgent since there is an easy workaround for now.

I've got another problem also which I will report in a separate
mail later.

Cheers,
Dave