a question about fp.cfg config, -Fu.....\*

[sonicer]

sorry, i donot know how to express in the subject.
when i open fp.cfg in fpc folder, i find some fpc command line options like this

...
 -FuC:\FPC\2.4.0\units\i386-Win32
 -FuC:\FPC\2.4.0\units\i386-Win32\*
...

can anybody give me a hand to explain what's the diff of

 -FuC:\FPC\2.4.0\units\i386-Win32
and
 -FuC:\FPC\2.4.0\units\i386-Win32\*

sincerely

[sonicer]

i think that:
-FuC:\FPC\2.4.0\units\i386-Win32 means all files in C:\FPC\2.4.0\units\i386-Win32
and
-FuC:\FPC\2.4.0\units\i386-Win32\*  means all files in "C:\FPC\2.4.0\units\" 's first level sub folder

but in fp.cfg,  there are code like
 -FuC:\FPC\2.4.0\units\i386-Win32
 -FuC:\FPC\2.4.0\units\i386-Win32\*
 -FuC:\FPC\2.4.0\units\i386-Win32\rtl
if so,
 -FuC:\FPC\2.4.0\units\i386-Win32\rtl  seems useless, isnt it?

[Leledumbo]

if so,
 -FuC:\FPC\2.4.0\units\i386-Win32\rtl  seems useless, isnt it?

Indeed. That's why I only have -FuC:\FPC\2.4.0\units\i386-Win32\* in my fpc.cfg (after all, all units are installed in its own separate directory in the first level of i386-Win32 directory).

[sonicer]

I C
Tks for your reply

[marcov]

It might have to do something with duplicate unit files. So that a file with a duplicate name added to some packages/ dir, doesn't accidentally override the RTL.