Lazarus 1.6 - Released

[SymbolicFrank]

I installed it this weekend at  home. An upgrade from 1.4.4 to 1.6 will fail until you manually remove the .\fpc\2.6.4 directory. And there are a few bugs in brgaled.pas, IIRC. (search for backgroung, with a g, not whole word). That, and the ParentBackground property.

[ChrisF]

Is it me or is this new version not configurated to save the project backup files in a subdirectory called "backup"  by default (i.e. with a new clean installation of the IDE) ?

Of course, it's quite possible to modify this in the IDE options, but AFAIR this was -properly- configurated by default for the former versions (with a clean installation).

[howardpc]

I've also noticed this change of default for backup directory setting (on Linux).

[ChrisF]

@howardpc:
Thanks for the confirmation. Though it's not extremely important, I'll introduce a bug issue about it.

[VTwin]

I don't know if this is an install issue, but I am now getting:

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1. Error: unit not found: StrUtils

Apparently FPC can find find it, as the code compiles, but Lazarus can not. I'm puzzled. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
VTwin

[Cyrax]

I don't know if this is an install issue, but I am now getting:

Code: Pascal  [Select][+][-]

1. Error: unit not found: StrUtils

Apparently FPC can find find it, as the code compiles, but Lazarus can not. I'm puzzled. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
VTwin

Check out that you have installed FPC source code and have correct directory (which points to FPC sources) in Tools->Options->Environment->Files->FPC source directory.

[VTwin]

Check out that you have installed FPC source code and have correct directory (which points to FPC sources) in Tools->Options->Environment->Files->FPC source directory.

Thanks Cyrax,

Yes FPC source is installed. The path is:

Code: Pascal  [Select][+][-]

1. /usr/local/share/fpcsrc/

I searched that directory and found:

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1. /usr/local/share/fpcsrc/packages/rtl-objpas/src/inc/strutils.pp

contains the function I was looking for (ExtractDelimited). Still puzzled.

Cheers,
VTwin

[VTwin]

I found another odd thing on OS X. I compiled a program using the Release option, with all debug information off. It seemed unusually large, ~7.7 MB, so I ran strip on it. This got it down to ~4.6 MB.

The Windows and Linux executables were both small, so this seems to be happening only on OS X. I don't mind running strip, but this seems like a bug.

Cheers,
VTwin

[marcov]

I don't mind running strip, but this seems like a bug.

True, but it might also be Apple's linker. Some linkers don't support stripping on the cmdline, requiring manual intervention

[VTwin]

@marcov

Ok, thanks. It is not a big deal, but I'll check if this also happens in 1.4.4. I was routinely running strip, so am not sure.

VTwin

[JimKueneman]

Thanks Jim,

Hopefully someone with LCL and Carbon expertise can shed some additional light on this. I'll use the 1.4.4 patch for now. Thanks for tracking it down.

The official fix that seem to work.

http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=29694

Jim

[SymbolicFrank]

On multiple installations (all Windows 7), opening and building existing projects tends to show "Compile package FCL 1.0.1" and then nothing. When I try to quit or cancel, it tells me that the IDE is still building, do I want to cancel that, but it is never canceled. I have to kill it with task manager.

Edit: I think it is when I only "Compile" instead of "Build".

[marcov]

Did you make antivirus exceptions for the lazarus and project directories?

[SymbolicFrank]

No. Should I? I don't use Norton or such.

I just try again until it works, and then it tends to work for a while. And I do a full build after something happens.

I did rescan source code and a full clean and build after upgrading Lazarus, of course.

It is hard to pinpoint, because I don't think it is related to the code I type.

[marcov]

No. Should I? I don't use Norton or such.

No Windows Defender ?