[fpc-pascal] Bootstrapping FPC for x86_64

[Henry Vermaak]

2008/11/24 Graeme Geldenhuys <graemeg.lists at gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> I setup a new 64bit server in our company, running Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
> (64bit). I want to us it as a 64bit testbed for our applications. So I
> want to compile 64bit version of our software.
>
> I installed all the usual compiler requirements: binutils etc...
>
> I copied FPC 2.2.3 (latest svn revision) from my local 32bit system to
> the 64bit server. I made sure my ~/.fpc.cfg file is correct. I then
> ran the following script which I use for all my FPC versions on my
> local machine.

why don't you download a 64bit release from the website to use as a
starting compiler?

henry