[fpc-pascal] make install

[Marcos Douglas]

2011/8/24 Tomas Hajny <XHajT03 at hajny.biz>:
> On Tue, August 23, 2011 15:47, Marcos Douglas wrote:
>> Hi,
>> For developers that use FPC sources from SVN, like me, I ask:
>> 1. There are some advantage to use 'make install' to compile FPC? Which?
>> 2. There are some advantage to install (make install) in a directory
>> different of the sources? Which?
>
> I'd say that there are several possible advantages there. First, removing
> your SVN tree (e.g. in case that it got broken for some reason) doesn't
> remove your FPC installation. Second, it's a good practice to keep
> executable files in dedicated directories, e.g. to avoid setting PATH to a
> directory with source files. Third, in a multi-user environment you may
> want to provide access to your compiled FPC snapshot also to other users
> (including those who may not have access to your sources). Finally, it
> allows parallel installation of different FPC versions - you may need that
> in case of some regressions in FPC, etc. I may have missed one or two
> more... ;-)

Thanks Tomas.

Marcos Douglas