FPC 2.6.5 issues with compiling FPC 3.0.1 fixes branch

[jshand2010]

Hi there,

i'm not sure how to make the compiler compile the 3.0.1 branch

any help would be appreciated.

[Leledumbo]

Hi there,

i'm not sure how to make the compiler compile the 3.0.1 branch

any help would be appreciated.

Use 2.6.4 instead. Latest stable release is guaranteed to compile trunk/fixes/whatever in the current repo. Other than that, no guarantee.

[stocki]

Don't use 2.6.5. It outdated and very very old. Use 3.1.1.

[jshand2010]

thanks all for your help, unfortunately i am unable to compile 3.0.1 or trunk.  even using ./create_fpc_rpm.sh ~/fpc3 brings up this error:

fpcmake: command not found

after everything was compiled

so annoying

[marcov]

Compiling requires a full installed previous release. And fpcmake is part of that.

[jshand2010]

hi marcov, thanks for your reply.

what do you mean by requires a full install previous release?  i have had this problem in the past.  what version am i supposed to be using to compile the new 3.x.x fpc version??

[marcov]

A complete install of the last release, 2.6.4 in this case.

That comes with fpcmake, so if it can't find fpcmake, your installation is wrong.

[jshand2010]

what version of lazarus is required to compile fpc 3.x?

i have been using 1.5

[Leledumbo]

what version of lazarus is required to compile fpc 3.x?

i have been using 1.5

None. FPC doesn't require Lazarus. The other way around does.

[jshand2010]

i am trying out make all in the fpc directory, but i want to create rpms as well.  that's why i use the scripts

[jshand2010]

Makefile:2790: *** The only supported starting compiler version is 2.6.4. You are trying to build with 2.6.5..  Stop.

i want to compile fpc 3.x.x with fpc 2.6.5 how do i go about this??

[Leledumbo]

Makefile:2790: *** The only supported starting compiler version is 2.6.4. You are trying to build with 2.6.5..  Stop.

i want to compile fpc 3.x.x with fpc 2.6.5 how do i go about this??

You're not reading my comment. Good luck struggling.

[jshand2010]

i have tried everything you said and it still doesn't work.  it is really frustrating.  i've put in a bug report of this problem as well, noone is fixing it. 

[Leledumbo]

i have tried everything you said and it still doesn't work.  it is really frustrating.  i've put in a bug report of this problem as well, noone is fixing it.

No you don't. You're still using 2.6.5 despite I (and Marco) already said 2.6.4.

[jshand2010]

i have tried 2.6.4 and it doesn't work either.  the scripts that come with lazarus are crap.  i have 2.6.4 installed and tried using lazarus 1.5 and lazarus 1.2.6 (fixes) and used the ./create_fpc_rpm.sh ~/fpc3.

now, what the hell is the problem with this