[fpc-pascal] Re: FPC 2.2.1 on Mac OS X

[Damien Gerard]

Le Jun 5, 2008 à 8:11 AM, Karl-Michael Schindler a écrit :

> Hallo
>
> Am 4. Jun 2008 um 09:56 schrieb Damien Gerard:
>
>> Le Jun 4, 2008 à 8:51 AM, Karl-Michael Schindler a écrit :
>>
>>> I only noticed now the discussion on the mailing list about fpc  
>>> 2.2.1 and lazarus on Mac OS X. As the maintainer of the .info  
>>> files of fpc and lazarus I should probably lay out my ideas about  
>>> the future.
>>>
>>> The next step is fpc 2.2.2. It should resolve some of the issues  
>>> in a clean way and enable to remove some workarounds as well as  
>>> serve as a solid base for a lazarus installation.
>>>
>>> When this is settled, I will extend lazarus in the following way:
>>>
>>> 1) create so-called splitoffs, so there will be separate packages  
>>> for lazarus-gtk1, lazarus-aqua and when ready lazarus-gtk2.
>>> Then the user can simply choose the best interface for his  
>>> situation. This can be done, whatever the default setting of  
>>> LCLPLATFORM will be.
>>>
>>> 2) create double clickable Lazarus applications with links in / 
>>> Applications/Fink.
>>>
>>
>> Please not Fink. Put only Lazarus.app as it already exists (Carbon  
>> widgetset) into /Applications/ (through an installer since it  
>> installs FPC too).
>
> I do not really understand this. Fink is not suppossed to install  
> anything anywhere else than in the /sw/... tree and /Applications/ 
> Fink. Direct installations into /Applications are the matter of  
> the .dmg based packages, which is a different way not related to fink.


> How do you use fink for your work with freepascal and lazarus?

I don't use Fink. I use MacPort, which is far better from my point of  
view (actually more up-to-date than Fink, especially when there is a  
major system update).



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