[fpc-pascal] Compiling the compiler

[Andreas Berger]

Tomas Hajny wrote:
> No wonder. ;-) When using "make all", the new 
> (2.1.1) compiler is compiled using the starting 
> compiler (2.0.x). "Make cycle" tries to make sure 
> that the created compiler is still useable, at 
> least that useable that it can still build 
> itself. It does so by doing the same thing in a 
> cycle:
>
> 1) RTL and compiler (ppc1.exe) are compiled using 
> the starting compiler.
>
> 2) Everything except ppc1.exe is cleaned, RTL and 
> compiler (ppc2.exe) are compiled using ppc1.exe.
>
> 3) Everything except ppc2.exe is cleaned, RTL and 
> compiler (ppc3.exe) are compiled using ppc2.exe.
>
> 4) ppc2.exe and ppc3.exe are compared - they 
> should be equal. If they are the same, ppc3.exe 
> is renamed to ppc386.exe.
>
> 5) If you build more than just the compiler (e.g. 
> snapshot or release - i.e. this last step isn't 
> part of "make cycle" any more), the newly created 
> ppc386.exe is used for compilation of RTL, FCL, 
> FV, packages and IDE.
>   
So you mean that the newly created compiler is giving the error?

Andreas