[fpc-pascal]little questions and notes: 1.9.2, bugs db, cfg, win32 make cycle

[Michael.VanCanneyt at Wisa.be]

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, David Emerson wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> 
> Whenever I compile anything with fpc, the first thing that the compiler puts on the screen is:
> 
> Hint: End of reading config file c:\fpc\192\bin\win32\fpc.cfg
> 
> This happens with 1.9.2 and 1.0.10. What is the purpose of this message?

It means you have hints switched on, that is all.

> 
> 
> The bugs database interface doesn't seem to have an option to search for 1.9.2 / 1.9.3 bugs.

Fixed.
> 
> 
> Using 1.0.10 and win32, I did a make cycle on 1.9.3 (why? curiousity was a leading factor)
> 
> Re: Build Faq: I guess the Makefile didn't recognize "make cycle", so I had to use "make compiler_cycle"

Did you do a 'cd compiler' first ?

compiler_cycle only works in the 'root' fpc dir.

> 
> It crashed out early on when it tried to do as.exe. The reason was that the 1.0.10 makew32.zip contained the name asw.exe - i.e. before the rename to as.exe happened. Copying asw.exe to as.exe fixed that. (I also copied arw and ldw while I was at it)

This is a known issue. 
Simply copy the asw.exe to as.exe and ldw.exe to ld.exe...

> 
> It failed on the comparison of ppc3 and ppc386 (char 1316627, line 4963) ... 
> I'll get back with more info if I can't get it working myself.

It should work if you start with the 1.0.10 compiler.

Michael.