[Pkg-pascal-devel] Bug#1052557: fpc: Compiler bootstrap for more release architectures

[John Paul Adrian Glaubitz]

Hi,

On Mon, 2025-03-24 at 08:41 +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> I have already bootstrapped fpc for multiple architectures in the past
> and I would be happy to help with bringing fpc up on additional targets.
> 
> Since loong64 and riscv64 will only be available with the next upcoming
> release, I would suggest packaging a git snapshot for experimental, so
> that we can start with the bootstrap process.

In the mean time, I have now bootstrapped fpc for both loong64 and riscv64.

See [1].

> I have documented the bootstrap process on the Debian Wiki [1] and it's
> actually not that complicated, I have bootstrapped compilers such as
> GHC or OpenJDK which are more difficult to bootstrap.

I have also updated the guide in [2] and fixed some typos and mistakes.

Adrian

> [1] https://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/glaubitz/fpc-bootstrap/
> [2] https://wiki.debian.org/PortsDocs/BootstrappingFPC

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