Installing package in Laz on OS X

[Phil]

When I install a package in Laz on OSX, duing the rebuild process it prompts me that it can't create a make file for 8-10 of the other packages (TurboPower_ipro, etc.). The folder it's trying to write to is /usr/local/share/lazarus, which is read-only. However, I copied the entire lazarus folder to my writeable user area and started the lazarus executable from there. Also, I changed the Lazarus directory in Environment options to point to my user folder lazarus.

Clicking Ignore for each prompt allowed the building the continue, but I'm wondering if there's some setting I forgot to change or whether this is a bug. I believe it's always done this so if a bug it's not a new one.

Thanks.

[Marc]

what version of laz did you use ?

[Phil]

what version of laz did you use ?

I was working with the 20060929 snapshot for PowerPC.

Thanks.

[Vincent Snijders]

It doesn't work with  20060929? For what version does it work?

[Phil]

It doesn't work with  20060929? For what version does it work?

It's done this for several months.

[Phil]

When I install a package in Laz on OSX, duing the rebuild process it prompts me that it can't create a make file for 8-10 of the other packages (TurboPower_ipro, etc.).

The solution is to manually edit the ~/.lazarus/packagefiles.xml and change the path for each .lpk to point to where the Lazarus IDE that's being rebuilt is installed.

Suggestion: As long as Lazarus has to be rebuilt in order to add anything to it (updated files, packages, etc.) and the default location (/usr/local/share) can't be used since it's read-only, we have to manually move Lazarus to a read-write area (e.g., /Users/loginname) after installing a snapshot. Would it make sense to install Lazarus by default to a writeable folder?

Thanks.