[fpc-pascal] Database problem on Solaris SPARC

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Jul 2012, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
> 
>> Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
>>
>>> [Nod], understood. Hit a slight snag here with trunk FPC + trunk 
>>> Lazarus:
>>>
>>> Target OS: Solaris for SPARC
>>> Compiling sqldblaz.pas
>>> Compiling registersqldb.pas
>>> registersqldb.pas(58,3) Fatal: Can't find unit ibconnection used by 
>>> registersqldb
>>> Fatal: Compilation aborted
>>> make[2]: *** [sqldblaz.ppu] Error 1
>>> make[2]: Leaving directory 
>>> `/export/home/local-share/lazarus-trunk/components/sqldb'
>>> make[1]: *** [bigide] Error 2
>>> make[1]: Leaving directory 
>>> `/export/home/local-share/lazarus-trunk/components'
>>> make: *** [bigidecomponents] Error 2
>>> -bash-3.00$ svn up
>>> At revision 37922.
>>>
>>> Anybody got any quick suggestions? "all" builds OK but I presume I 
>>> need "bigide" because I've used the TQuery etc. on the form.
>>
>> Still getting this at FPC 21919 and Laz 37954: can anybody recommend a 
>> quick hack as a workaround, or do I Mantis it?
> 
> I don't think Firebird works on Solaris or SPARC cpus, so it makes no sense
> to compile in firebird support on that platform.
> 
> Remove the ibconnection unit or put it in an {$IFNDEF SOLARIS}. (or should
> that be SUNOS ?)
> 
> You'll have to remove TIBConnection from the registercomponents call as
> well.
> 
> If that works, we'll put it in the sources in SVN.

I think I see the problem: it looks as though somebody has left 
TIBConnection registration right at the end in (Lazarus's) 
RegisterUnitSQLdb without any conditional around it, possibly to avoid 
working out the commas :-)

It might be easiest if somebody could get the unit back into FPC- I can 
check it compiles immediately, and should be able to run it in anger 
within a couple of weeks.

-- 
Mark Morgan Lloyd
markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk

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