[fpc-devel] I've asked this before, but perhaps I wasn't specific enough that time: what do I *personally*, specifically need to do to ensure that a native Windows 64-bit build winds up on the FPC website for the next release?

[Ben Grasset]

On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 8:08 AM Bart via fpc-devel <
fpc-devel at lists.freepascal.org> wrote:

> It provides 32-bit fpc (so it builds for 32-bit windows by default)
> and the win32->win64 crosscompiler in a single installer.
> In Lazarus that means that you can target Win32 (default) and Win64
> without any problem.
>

The archives that are actually provided *by* the Lazarus team solve that
problem in an IMO more sensible way already, though. That is, rather than
having to use strictly 32-bit executables even when running on and
targeting 64-bit, you can just add the 32-bit optional cross binaries seen
below to an otherwise entirely 64-bit installation:

[image: 32BitExecutables.png]
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