[Pkg-pascal-devel] Lazarus 4.0

[Abou Al Montacir]

Hi Peter,

On Mon, 2025-04-14 at 14:22 +0100, Peter B wrote:
> On 14/04/2025 09:45, Abou Al Montacir wrote:
> > > I would wait until current version hits testing.
> > 
> > It looks like there is something going wrong with Lazarus RC3.
> > 
> > Can you please check it if you have time when you upload the fixes of 
> > both tickets mentioned above?
> 
> Hi Abou,
> 
> One package fails to build in the lazarus autopkgtest.
>      packager/registration/fcl_unicodertl.lpk
> 
> usr/lib/lazarus/4.0/packager/registration/lazaruspackageintf.pas(29,3)
> Fatal: (10022) Can't find unit System.Classes used by LazarusPackageIntf
> 
> The failing code is
> 
> interface
> 
> uses
>    {$IFDEF FPC_DOTTEDUNITS}
>    System.Classes;
>    {$ELSE}
>    Classes, SysUtils, fgl;
>    {$ENDIF}
> 
> 
> There does not seem to be a quick easy fix, neither
>      Classes;
> on its own
> or
>      Classes, SysUtils, fgl;
> compile.
> 
> This lpk is new in version 4.0, so is clearly a regression.
> (It doesn’t not build on Arch either)
Maybe we should just undefine FPC_DOTTEDUNITS as FPC version in Debian is too
old.
> 
> 
> { Maybe we should stick with 3.8 for Trixie?
> It seems a solid version, and the toolchain freeze was March 15th.
> I guess version 4 could always be backported when finally released? }
I think it would be a pity to not have 4.0 in Trixie.
-- 
Cheers,
Abou Al Montacir

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