[fpc-pascal] Library packages

[Adriaan van Os]

Sven Barth via fpc-pascal wrote:

> The main difference is that a program or library compiled without 
> dynamic packages will each have a statically linked copy of the RTL (and 
> any other code it uses). If a binary uses dynamic packages then the 
> binary itself will not contain code that is contained in one of the used 
> runtime packages. Binaries are relatively free to decide which packages 
> it uses, except for the RTL package which always must be used if 
> packages are to be used (because the core units like System then need to 
> recide in a separate library, so that other packages and the main binary 
> can use them). 
> The options involved are -Fpxxx to set the path to search for pcp files 
> (the metadata equivalent of a ppu for dynamic packages) and -FPxxx to 
> specify which packages to use. 

OK. Thanks for the info.

Regards,

Adriaan van Os