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

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Sun, 10 Jul 2011, Marco van de Voort wrote:

> In our previous episode, Michael Van Canneyt said:
>>> 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.
>
> Afaik only the parts in packages/ ?

Yes. We decided to start there since these are 
a) less sensitive
b) more prone to change.

>
> E.g. the toplevel RTL fpmake hasn't been touched since 2008, and there is no
> toplevel or compiler/ fpmake.

We are aware of this.

>
>> 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.
>
> For me the important part is getting rid of make and coreutils, since the
> windows versions are no longer maintained.

The same reason for us to do so, but these things take time.

But I think there are other, newer versions of these tools.

Michael.