[fpc-devel] How about split core compiler and RTL/Packages?

[Marco van de Voort]

Op 15-4-2026 om 21:14 schreef baldzhang via fpc-devel:
> My pain points and an idea
>
> with 3.2.2 the openssl unit is for version 1.1.x, for now, lots of distro removed openssl 1.1, even in slackware-current
> I can not upgrade to 3.2.4-rc1 just because it's come with openssl 3, I was stucked then...

Delete the openssl directory in 
$PREFIX/fpc/$FPCVERSION/units/$FPCTARGET/  and simply add a copy of the 
units that you want to some dir that you include with -Fu.

> my thinking:
> is it possible to split to compiler and rtl/packages?
> after certain period of a release, 6 months or 1 year or by devel team thought, release a updated rtl/packages only version
This is hard to impossible. And to even attempt it to for the benefit of 
a package (openssl) that is relatively standalone is counterproductive. 
It is doing something really hard to fix something really simple.