[fpc-pascal] Use of FPMake to build FPC from source

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Sun, 10 Jul 2011, leledumbo wrote:

> It's been a while since FPMake established, and in svn / source version,
> there are fpmake.pp along with Makefile in almost every package (rtl, fcl,
> etc.). Is this system ready to be used like I only need to compile one top
> level fpmake then it will compile the others to build/install FPC?

It's actively being tested and debugged at the moment.

There were some issues with cross-compilation, and older (pre windows-XP) systems.
These are being fixed. As soon as the core team is satisfied with this, the 
distribution system will progressively be switched to fpmake.

Michael.