[Lazarus] Cross-compile Linux -> Win fails in win32lclintf.inc

[Torsten Bonde Christiansen via Lazarus]

For some time now i have had the problem on my linux install that
crosscompiling Lazarus trunk from linux -> win32 (also win64) fails with
this error:

win32lclintf.inc(123,7) Error: Identifier not found "SameStr"

Is anyone else getting this error also?

I'm using:
Lazarus 1.9.0 r58010 FPC 3.0.0 x86_64-linux-gtk2

Best regards,
Torsten
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[Martok via Lazarus]

SameStr was introduced in FPC 3.0.2.

I'm pretty sure Lazarus trunk requires 3.0.4 anyway? Where was that documented,
again?

[Torsten Bonde Christiansen via Lazarus]

Post by Martok via Lazarus
SameStr was introduced in FPC 3.0.2.
I'm pretty sure Lazarus trunk requires 3.0.4 anyway? Where was that documented,
again?

That may very well be the case... i haven't been paying close attention
to any notes in that regards.

Can a core Lazarus developer confirm whether it IS required to fpc 3.0.4
or if the above is considered a bug?

Best regards,
Torsten.
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[Ondrej Pokorny via Lazarus]

Post by Torsten Bonde Christiansen via Lazarus

Post by Martok via Lazarus
SameStr was introduced in FPC 3.0.2.
I'm pretty sure Lazarus trunk requires 3.0.4 anyway? Where was that documented,
again?

That may very well be the case... i haven't been paying close
attention to any notes in that regards.
Can a core Lazarus developer confirm whether it IS required to fpc
3.0.4 or if the above is considered a bug?

The rule is: Lazarus supports at least the 2 latest stable FPC versions.
This means 3.0.4 and 3.0.2 currently. I don't know where this rule is
documented.

IIRC, there was an exception in this rule - we kept support for FPC
2.6.4 in Lazarus 1.8, but FPC 2.6.x support was dropped with 1.9.

Ondrej
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[Mattias Gaertner via Lazarus]

On Wed, 23 May 2018 21:17:10 +0200

Post by Ondrej Pokorny via Lazarus
[...]
The rule is: Lazarus supports at least the 2 latest stable FPC versions.
This means 3.0.4 and 3.0.2 currently.

And trunk - when possible.

Post by Ondrej Pokorny via Lazarus
I don't know where this rule is documented.

It's not documented, since this depends on the FPC release.
Supporting last two versions makes migrating to the new version easier.
Supporting more than two depends on the amount of IFDEFs and
the community.
FPC 3 introduced a big incompatibility, so we tried to support 2.6.4
longer.

Post by Ondrej Pokorny via Lazarus
IIRC, there was an exception in this rule - we kept support for FPC
2.6.4 in Lazarus 1.8, but FPC 2.6.x support was dropped with 1.9.

Mattias
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[Torsten Bonde Christiansen via Lazarus]

Post by Mattias Gaertner via Lazarus
On Wed, 23 May 2018 21:17:10 +0200

Post by Ondrej Pokorny via Lazarus
[...]
The rule is: Lazarus supports at least the 2 latest stable FPC versions.
This means 3.0.4 and 3.0.2 currently.

And trunk - when possible.

Okay, thanks.

I guess it is time to update FPC then... :)

-Torsten.
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