[fpc-devel] Compiling Lazarus on PPC Linux

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Sven Barth wrote:
> On 29.11.2013 23:23, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
>> If smartlinking is enabled by appending -CX to fpc.cfg, FPC can build
>> itself on PPC Linux and can build Lazarus, but when lazbuild is used to
>> compile a project I see something like
>>
> [snip]
>>
>> Making sure that smartlinking isn't selected eliminates the problem.
>>
>> Is this something I should be raising as a bug, or accepting as caused
>> by architecture peculiarities?
>>
>> Please note that either way, this is a request for guidance rather than
>> a complaint.
>>
> 
> I'd say raising a bug. Because either FPC should make sure that 
> smartlinking works correctly or it should at least report a warning or 
> error out on platforms where this isn't supported.

Thanks. I'm fairly confident of my facts but I'll double-check and 
probably raise as a Lazarus issue.

I'm /hoping/ to find time to exercise FPC etc. on a PPC Mac, which in 
view of the apparent endian bug could be "interesting".

-- 
Mark Morgan Lloyd
markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk

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