[fpc-pascal] Compile errors

[Frank McCormick]

On 2025-01-21 10:15, Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal wrote:
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> On Tue, 21 Jan 2025, Frank McCormick via fpc-pascal wrote:
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>> On 2025-01-21 09:00, Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal wrote:
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>>> On Mon, 20 Jan 2025, Frank McCormick via fpc-pascal wrote:
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>>>> I have been trying out a CRT replacement called NCRT and OCRT and
>>>> am getting link errors which I can't track down. Originally I was 
>>>> getting compile errors but I sorted that out.
>>>> Are these units still workable with Free Pascal ?
>>>> These are the link errors I am getting:
>>>>
>>>> Free Pascal Compiler version 3.2.2 [2025/01/10] for x86_64
>>>> Copyright (c) 1993-2021 by Florian Klaempfl and others
>>>> Target OS: Linux for x86-64
>>>> Compiling screen_demo.pp
>>>> Linking screen_demo
>>>> /usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib64/fpc/3.2.2/units/x86_64-linux/ncurses/ 
>>>> ncurses.o: in function `NCURSES_$$_ACS_ULCORNER$$QWORD':
>>>> ncurses.pp:(.text.n_ncurses_$$_acs_ulcorner$$qword+0x3): undefined 
>>>> reference to `acs_map'
>> /snip/
>>>
>>> Your answer may be here:
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>>> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/30526/undefined-reference- 
>>> to- symbol-acs-map-when-running-makeconfig
>>>
>>> So try to add
>>>   {$linklib tinfo}
>>> to your program source.
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>> I added it at the top of the source but
>> same problem(s). I also found out I cannot compile ANY of the example 
>> programs provided.

> 
> Strange. I know someone who uses ocrt on OpenSuse since years. Maybe he 
> is still on an older version of OpenSuse.
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> I now tested 10 of the provided demos and on my linux mint they all start
> without problem.
> 

    This is weird. This morning I installed FPC into my Debian Trixie 
installation on another partition.
I successfully compiled and ran all the demo programs !!

It seems FPC on my OpenSuse installation is broken somehow.
I have removed FPC and installed it directly from the RPM downloads
on the Free Pascal site and it suffered the same problems.
I then re-installed the OpenSuse Tumbleweed version
and suffered exactly the same problem.
I will try asking on the OpenSuse Tumbleweed mailing list, but
I fear there are not many (if any) people using Pascal there.

Frank McCormick.