[fpc-devel] Test changes in e.g. a package

[Bart]

On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 1:39 PM, Michael Van Canneyt
<michael at freepascal.org> wrote:

> In general: no.

OK
I pity the compiler devels, especially in the past with slower hardware.

>
> But:
> * if the package does not have dependencies, you can just recompile that
> package.
>   cd packages/fcl-registry
>   make clean allOPT=-gl && sudo make install

That failed with incompatible ppu version (make calls fpc 3.0.4)

> * For units that can be tested directly, copy the unit to the directory
>   where your test program is, recompile&test till OK.

Thanks for the explanation.

Bart