[fpc-devel] ARM native compilation (Toshiba AC100)

[Henry Vermaak]

On 22 September 2011 10:28, Sven Barth <pascaldragon at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Am 22.09.2011 11:26, schrieb Henry Vermaak:
>>
>> On 22/09/11 09:53, Sven Barth wrote:
>>>
>>> The second case is interesting indeed. It's a pity that we don't know
>>> what failed exactly in the compile... one would need a 2.4.4 with
>>> included debug information for that.
>>
>> If I were to build one, what can be done to remedy the problem? This is
>> what I meant by saying "I don't know how the fpc team deals with
>> this..."
>
> In that case the debug trace would contain the line information and thus the
> problematic code could be spotted and probably fixed (normally in 2.4.5, 2.6
> and trunk, if the error exists till today).

Yes, thanks, I know how line information works.  Maybe I should state
my question more bluntly:  What is the point of debugging and old
compiler?