[fpc-pascal] Where is fpmkconv?

[Peter Vreman]

At 18:37 11-8-2007, you wrote:
>Peter Vreman wrote:
>>>I got the following error message:
>>>
>>>Unknown name/value pair in compiler section : unittargetdir
>>>Unknown name/value pair in clean section : files
>>>
>>>Which is:
>>>unittargetdir=./units/$(CPU_TARGET)-$(OS_TARGET)
>>>files=$(wildcard ./units/$(CPU_TARGET)-$(OS_TARGET)/*$(OEXT)) \
>>>      $(wildcard ./units/$(CPU_TARGET)-$(OS_TARGET)/*$(PPUEXT)) \
>>>      $(wildcard ./units/$(CPU_TARGET)-$(OS_TARGET)/*$(RSTEXT))
>>>
>>>
>>>I suspect its something about the target macro's. What is your 
>>>opinion? Can we implement something for these macro's? I have an 
>>>idea already but would like to pass it trough you first, if that 
>>>is ok with you.
>>
>>That files line should not be necessary anymore. fpmake knows that 
>>.o/.ppu/.rst files are generated for units and needs to be clean. 
>>You only need to supply the unit names. But this part is still not 
>>100% finished with things like implicit build units.
>I'm with you, but fppkg keeps failing on the conversion of the 
>macro's, which should be fixed imho. The question now is how.

The convertmk is only a helper. It will never support 100% 
conversion. The macro and function support is one of those things 
that will not be supported.

>>But as you have already found out with the fpc execution the tool 
>>is still in (stalled) development.
>Another reason why usage for non FPC projects should be supported ;) 
>Increasing the usage will expose a lot of bugs and missing features 
>which is good.

The main purpose for fppkg will be that all projects that want to 
distribute fpc units and execuatbles will be supported and produce a 
standard package that can be distributed from a web repository for 
easy  downloading and installation.

>>The poNoConsole patch is applied.
>Thanks, although I still not understand why I had to remove the option.

I also don't know, but the latest fppkg features were only tested 
under linux and not under windows.


Peter