[fpc-pascal] FPC for Win64

[Rainer Stratmann]

Am Samstag, 4. Juli 2020, 20:02:39 CEST schrieb Graeme Geldenhuys:
> On 02/07/2020 9:30 pm, Evert van Dijken via fpc-pascal wrote:
> > I see a WIN32 compiler and a WIN64 cross
> > compiler. How it works is a mystery for me.
> 
> I never understood the choice FPC made to not create a native 64-bit
> compiler, but rather stay with a cross-compiler. *shrug*
> I've always simply downloaded the latest release source code, and
> built my own native 64-bit FPC with the previous FPC release.
> 
> I've done this for 10 years - simply because 10 years ago (there
> about) I had issues with the cross-compiler generating broken
> executables. Obviously that could have been a local problem, but
> either way, I didn't trust them since. So I compile my own
> native 64-bit version (just like I did for Linux and FreeBSD).

For Linux: Does that mean apt-get install lazarus is always the 32bit version?
Regardless of the Linux Version (32bit or 64bit).
 
> 
> Regards,
>   Graeme