Freepascal compiler inclusion of pre-build binary

[Hans de Goede]

Joost van der Sluis wrote:
> Op zondag 14-10-2007 om 13:45 uur [tijdzone -0500], schreef Dennis
> Gilmore:
>> Once upon a time Sunday 14 October 2007, Joost van der Sluis wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> When the fpc-package (Freepascal compiler) was approved, there were no
>>> rules regarding pre-build binaries and compilers yet. But after some
>>> discussion I got an approval to use them.
>>>
>>> Now I want to add support for ppc64 but to do that, I need to use a
>>> pre-build binary once more. The current packaging-guidelines state that
>>> I need an approval from the packaging committee.
>>>
>>> So what should I do now, ask for an approval or isn't that necessary?
>> I think that since you initially got approval to use the prebuilt binary  to 
>> bootstrap fpc  that it should be ok.  What i would suggest though is putting 
>> the logic in the spec permanently to bootstrap other archs  and have a 
>> defines control that.  Once you have a build that has been bootstrapped.  
>> build a new version that is built against the fedora built fpc package.
> 
> I deliberately removed all the prebuilt-binary stuff from the spec-file
> after the first release. But maybe you're right. I can add it with a
> define. That could be usefull in the future.
> 

This is what I've done to the (no binaries needed, but still a strange dance 
needed) bootstrap code for arm-gp2x-gcc & glibc. I think that this is best, as 
this for example will also allow the sparc people to boostrap it (well not in 
your case, but in mine).

Regards,

Hans