[fpc-devel] Build errors on Win7

[Marcos Douglas]

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Sven Barth <pascaldragon at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Am 08.09.2011 16:41, schrieb Marcos Douglas:
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Sven Barth<pascaldragon at googlemail.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Am 08.09.2011 14:39, schrieb Hans-Peter Diettrich:
>>>>
>>>> Since a few weeks I cannot rebuild fpc any more, using fpc 2.5.1.
>>>> make clean all fails with the always same error message(s):
>>>>
>>>> fgl.pp(136,38) Error: Generics without specialization cannot be used as
>>>> a type for a variable
>>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>> What's wrong?
>>>
>>> Building trunk is only supported for the latest release, which is 2.4.4.
>>>
>>> So if I were you I'd try 2.4.4 and if that doesn't help, then ask again ;)
>>
>> On my WinXP I can compile FPC 2.5.1 (branches_2_6) and 2.4.5 versions.
>> No errors.
>
> I didn't say that it mustn't work. But you're only on the save side if you use tha latest release.

You're right, but I consider the fixes_2_6 (not branches_2_6, sorry)
safe, don't you?

Marcos Douglas