[fpc-other] Re: [fpc-devel] Parallel processing in the compiler

[Florian Klaempfl]

Am 06.09.2010 13:46, schrieb Henry Vermaak:
> On 6 September 2010 12:21, Sven Barth <pascaldragon at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Am 06.09.2010 11:29, schrieb Henry Vermaak:
>>>
>>> Yes, I'm talking about msysgit.  It installs a whole msys tree, which
>>> I am not interested in, as I've explained above.  Perhaps I'll try and
>>> build git inside my own msys.  I have no idea why they just didn't
>>> integrate it - I'm sure there must be a reason.
>>
>> It simplifies installation. They might have come to the conclusion that most
>> users that want to use Git don't have a msys installation. And msys is
>> needed for the tools and environment that Git relies on.
> 
> Obviously.
> 
> The problem, as I've stated previously, is that (imo) having two
> different mingw/msys installations on the path would be asking for
> trouble (different versions of gcc, libs, etc).  That's why some
> people start with the git install, then unzip extra packages into that
> directory when they need them.  Hopefully with the new mingw-get there
> will be a package for git in time.

IIRC breaks msys git in the path (even as last entry) even FPC building
:) So a no-go :)