[fpc-pascal]Version 1.0.6 Prerelease is out !

[Maarten Bekers]

hoi,

I tested the Win32 version today.

Some questions:

1). If the disk it's unpacking too is full, the installer crashes with RTE
112 ...
2). You end up somewhere in the middle of the install screen after its done.
IMHO it would look better to position the cursor at the end of the screen.
3). Using "threadvar" keyword will generate an link error instead of a
compile error.
4). readme.txt from archive uses Unix line termination i guess, as it's
unusable in notepad (whatsnew too)
5). why is gcc.exe etc included in adslw32.zip ?

It compiled all my code with only minor changes (usage of
TProcessInformation instead of LPProcess_Information etc), and at first
glance all programs seem functional. Looking great!


groeten, Maarten.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Van Canneyt" <michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be>
To: <fpc-devel at lists.freepascal.org>; <fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 10:20 PM
Subject: [fpc-pascal]Version 1.0.6 Prerelease is out !


>
> Hello,
>
> Finally it has happened:
>
> The FPC team is pleased to announce the pre release of FPC Pascal v1.0.6,
> which is an updated and fixed version of the of the previous v1.0 release
> v1.0.4 which was released in early 2001. Many parts of v1.0.6 have been
> available for some time in the form of snapshots, which have been used and
> extensively tested. This pre release is being announced to a restricted
set
> of potential users (FPC-devel & FPC-pascal), so that we can do some pre
> release testing, to identify and fix any last minute problems. It will
form
> the actual release v1.0.6 in a few (2?) weeks, depending on the number of
> problems found.
>
> The versions available are dos (go32v2), win32, linux, os2, freebsd, beos,
> sunos/Solaris, netbsd (beta). These are available from the freepascal ftp
> site:
>   ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/dist
>
> And in the appropriate sub folder (alphabetically):
>
> BeOS:   ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/dist/beos-1.0.6
> BSD:    ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/dist/freebsd-1.0.6
> DOS:    ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/dist/dos-1.0.6
> Linux:  ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/dist/linux-1.0.6
> OS/2    ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/dist/os2-1.0.6
> SunOS:  ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/dist/sunos-1.0.6
> Win32:  ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/dist/win32-1.0.6
>
> These links are not yet published on the Web site, please use the above
> URLs.
>
> Normally the distributions are packaged both as a single large zip and as
> separate smaller zips. They will also be available from the FPC mirrors.
> It may take an day or so for all of the mirrors to get the pre-release,
> so please be patient.
>
> The FPC team would be really grateful if you'd try these - it is a chance
to
> ensure that the v1.0.6 release is as good as possible - including
> (especially!) the installation procedures and documentation. Please report
> any problems (or unwanted 'features') to the FPC-devel mailing list as
soon
> as possible, together with the operating system, FPC file name & date,
> description of the problem and a small fragment of the code that gives the
> problem if possible.
>
> Here is a summary of the updates & major fixes since the v1.0.4 release:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Compiler:
>   + NetBSD, BeOS, QNX and Sunos/Solaris for i386 support
>   + m68k code generator (beta quality)
>   * ppc386.cfg renamed to fpc.cfg
>   * fpu overflow fixed
>   * better typecast checking
>   * better checking if passing a constant to a variable argument
>   * procedure variable handling fixes
>   * procedure inlining fixes
>   * shared library has now initialization of the rtl
>   * failed execution of tools (assembler, linker) now give errors
>   * range checking now works correctly for cardinal and 64 bit operations
>   * fixed crashing on 386 processors
>   * fixed a lot of reported bugs
>
> IDE:
>   + regular expressions for find
>   + disassembler window
>   * winXP/Win2000 fixes
>   * fixed a lot of reported bugs
>
> RTL:
>   + NetBSD, BeOS, QNX and Sunos/Solaris for i386 support
>   + added PathDelim,DriveDelim,PathSep variables
>   + keyboard, mouse and video units updates
>   * append() returns error if file doesn't exists
>   * winXP fixes for go32v2 mouse
>   * lot of updates to make the RTL easier to port
>   * bug fixes
>
> FCL:
>   * small bug fixes
>
> Docs:
>   + compiler internals documentation (available through ftp site)
>   * programmer's reference update
>
> Utils:
>   * h2pas updates
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> If all goes well, in 2 weeks the final release will be made, uploaded
> and anounced on several public places.
>
> Enjoy !
>
> The FPC team.
>
>
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