[fpc-pascal] Error: Duplicate identifier "FarPointer"

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Thu, 16 May 2013 15:04:58 +0200
Jonas Maebe <jonas.maebe at elis.ugent.be> wrote:

> 
> On 16 May 2013, at 14:46, Reimar Grabowski wrote:
> 
> > Same problem here but much funnier FPC message:
> >
> > Makefile:2704: *** The only supported starting compiler version is
> > 2.7.1. You are trying to build with 2.6.2. If you are absolutely sure
> > that the current compiler is built from the exact same
> > version/revision, you can try to use OVERRIDEVERSIONCHECK=1 to
> > override .  Stop.
> >
> > So I had to use OVERRIDEVERSIONCHECK=1 to build my 2.7.1 with 2.6.2.  
> > IMHO that's not as intended.
> > But it may be a problem of the create_fpc_deb script provided by  
> > Lazarus so from my side there is no need for any actions.
> > Just wanted to share that funny message.
> 
> It is indeed a bug in Lazarus' build scripts (also for the rpms).

For the rpm scripts it was fixed some months ago.
I fixed it now for the deb scripts too.

> For some reason they first replace a bunch of version numbers in the  
> Makefile.

In the past the version numbers in the Makefiles were not always
updated.

Mattias