[fpc-devel] The future of fpmake

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Wed, 30 Mar 2011, Darius Blaszyk wrote:

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> On Mar 30, 2011, at 5:46 PM, michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be wrote:
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>> On Wed, 30 Mar 2011, Florian Klaempfl wrote:
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>>> Am 30.03.2011 17:31, schrieb michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be:
>>>>> - execute fpmake from command line (see thread by mattias : "run
>>>>> pascal programs as script") for this we would need instantfpc to
>>>>> support win32 and it should be supplied as a standard fpc tool
>>>>
>>>> I doubt this is feasible for windows. As far as I know, no #! comparable
>>>> construct exists.
>>>
>>> It is extension dependend on windows: typing just test.pp starts lazarus
>>> on my windows.
>>
>> So it does here, but I doubt this is what we want ? :-)
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> It's not. A possible workaround is to use a distinct extension for makefiles and assign this extension to instantfpc.

I don't think this is needed/wanted. fpmake.pp is intended to be used in tandem with fppkg, 
and that looks for a fpmake.pp program, not a script.

(not to mention all the possible complications on Windows, probably Mac OS as well)

Michael.