[fpc-devel] subtools fpcres and parameter -Xp

[patspiper]

On 12/02/14 12:20, Sven Barth wrote:
> Am 12.02.2014 10:01, schrieb patspiper:
>> On 12/02/14 10:03, Sven Barth wrote:
>>> Am 11.02.2014 23:19, schrieb Mattias Gaertner:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> How does the compiler (2.6.2, 2.6.4, 2.7.1) search for sub tools like
>>>> fpcres?
>>>>
>>>> For example: first in its working directory, then in PATH, etc.
>>> Usual order is this:
>>> - path specified by -FD
>>> - path of compiler executable (ppcXXX)
>>> - PATH variable (or "Commands" on Mac OS Classic)
>>>
>>>> What parameters effects this search? -Xp?
>>> No, -FD is the parameter for this.
>>
>> Isn't -FD used for the binutils/crossbinutils?
>>
>> If so, then how are the tools which are in the fpc (not ppcxxx) 
>> executable folder (such as fpcres) located?
> To quote myself:
>
>> Usual order is this:
>> - path specified by -FD
>> - path of compiler executable (ppcXXX)
>> - PATH variable (or "Commands" on Mac OS Classic)

If -FD<toolspath> and -XP<binutilsprefix> are specified, then fpc 
searches for '<binutilsprefix>-fpcres' in <toolspath> and PATH, and if 
it does not find it there, searches for 'fpcres' in PATH only. Is it 
intentional that it excludes <toolspath> from the latter search?

Related code is in comprsrc.pas function tresourcefile.compile.

Stephano