Hello,
The latest GNU Pascal alpha release is now available for the win32 platform at:
ftp://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/home/janjaap/cygwin32/
Files in this directory:
gpc-970412.i486-cygwin32-b17.1.zip Apr.12 snapshot binary of cygwin32 GPC. For a cygwin32-beta17.1 toolchain.
devtools.i486-cygwin32-b17.1.zip For those who only want to do Pascal, it's a waist to download a complete toolchain from ftp.cygnus.com. This archive has all the tools (as, ld, libraries) needed to complete GPC. I also included some other tools (rcl etc.) and documentation in .hlp format. If you already have cygwin32-beta17.1 installed, you don't need this.
Installation ------------
* create a subdirectory of your choice (`c:\gpcwin32') and unzip gpc-970412.i486-cygwin32-b17.1.zip and devtools.i486-cygwin32-b17.1.zip from there. Use a version of `unzip' that can handle long filenames, i.e. not PKunzip.
* Add the directory where `gpc.exe' lives (`c:\gpcwin32\bin') to your path.
* Set GCC_EXEC_PREFIX=C:\gpcwin32\lib\gcc-lib\ Beware of the trailing slash!
* Set LIBRARY_PATH=c:\gpcwin32\lib;c:\gpcwin32\i386-cygwin32\lib
Common problems --------------- These things often give problems:
* Do NOT mix binaries from different beta's -- they are incompatible.
* Be sure to have only one `cygwin.dll' in your path and it must be beta17.1
The symptoms of these are crashes, stack/register dumps and Windows telling you it cannot load a dll.
Read the cygwin32 FAQ (http://www.cygnus.com/ or this directory) Most of the information also applies for GNU Pascal.
And please, do not bother the people of the cygwin32 mailinglist if you have problems with GPC, send them to the gpc@hut.fi list instead.
Have fun,
JanJaap j.j.vanderheijden@student.utwente.nl
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