[fpc-pascal] Equivalent of Delphi map files...

[Peter Vreman]

>>>>>Hello again :), I just forgot to ask; Delphi has an option to 
>>>>>generate a so called "map file" that contains the function 
>>>>>addresses matched with the function names when an executable 
>>>>>compiled. What would be the equivalent FPC functionality for this?
>>>>man ld -> search for "map" -> there is a "--print-map" option -> 
>>>>tell FPC to pass this option to ld using FPC's -k option:
>>>>-k--print-map
>>>
>>>At least on windows a map file can be generated with the fpc 
>>>compiler option -Xm
>>In his previous post he mentioned he's using Debian Sarge.
>
>Yes, I was aware of that. That is why I mentioned I had used it on windows.
>
>For fun I did a
>   make OPT="-Xm"
>in the lazarus example directory on i386-linux with OpenSuse 10.1 
>and I got this:
>-rw-r--r-- 1 vsds users 3360519 2007-03-02 09:36 hello.map
>
>So it seems to work outside windows too.

The -Xm is 2.1.1 only and not available in 2.0.x. The -Xm is also 
available for linux and can be added for other platforms if needed 
and the linker supports it.


Peter