[fpc-pascal] Re: build a compiler for GO32v2 under Windows 8 (or 7)

[Sven Barth]

On 19.09.2013 17:28, Tomas Hajny wrote:
>> Now with with a new PC running Windows 8 ... the
>> compiler bugs. It works fine with small program .... but not with one
>> which executable about 1.5 Mb large (which is my case, I did not checked
>> till which size it works!).
>>
>> My program should run in prompt command
>> window of any MS Windows version (compiling on XP machine, the
>> executable runs fine on MS Windows 8 machine)
>
> You are lucky that your DOS application still runs OK under MS Windows 8,
> but the issue you face with our compiler suggests, that you should not
> expect that this will stay that way.

And especially 16-Bit applications aren't working on 64-Bit variants of 
Windows at all.

>> through bug tracker I got these informations which let me think
>> that the job is not simple as I expected:
>>
>>   		I BELIEVE THAT THE
>> CROSS-COMPILER SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY AND USING THE WIN32 COMPILER
>> DIRECTLY SHOULD BE A BETTER OPTION (even if running under 64-bit Windows
>> as long as I understand it correctly). Obviously, the RTL and packages
>> compiled for GO32v2 are necessary, but these may be installed from our
>> standard FPC release for GO32v2 (as long as using the same release of
>> the Windows compiler, of course), and SOME ADDITIONAL TRICKS MAY BE
>> NECESSARY (e.g. copying the DJGPP assembler and linker to the Win32
>> directory with the prefix expected by FPC), but otherwise it isn't that
>> difficult.
>>
>> It´s quite easy to understand that it is not enough to find
>> out my way!
>
> Yes, it is. ;-) These are the things I didn't feel like discussing in the
> bug tracker notes:
>
> 1) You don't need a cross-compiler if you don't run/use a (native) Win64
> compiler under MS Windows. I assume that this is not the case, but I
> couldn't know for sure - hence the "...should not be necessary...".
>
> 2) You still need at least a linker for the GO32v2 target (FPC internal
> linker does not support this target) and that is the somewhat tricky part.

Hmm? Looking at compiler/systems/t_go32v2.pas I would say GO32v2 does 
have an internal linker?!

Regards,
Sven