Just started checking out CT 4.9 on Win 8.1 ..... very nice release !!! Thanks again for the good work !
However.....
The toolchains now give an option for "win32-armeb-linux--hardfloat". Which would be perfect for crosscompiling for RPi and BBB running Arch Linux hardfloat.
When building FPC32 with this toolchain and the standard CT-scripts, the results is a ppcrossarm.exe that is only suitable for softfloat ARMEL.
Changing "CROSSPOPT" to "OPT" inside the script "x_FPC_Build_Cross_armeb_linux_hardfloat.bat" solves this problem. This results in a ppcrossarm.exe that is suitable for ARMHF.
Next problem.
The binaries are named e.g. "armeb-linux-*.exe". These are not found by CT 4.9 ... it is expecting binaries with name "arm-linux-*.exe".
The units are placed in a directory named "armeb-linux". These are not found by CT 4.9 ... it is expecting units in a directory named "arm-linux".
By applying all these changes by hand, CT compiles all my GUI programs ARMHF on RPi and BBB. And they run 100% !!
No external toolchains needed for the first time !!!! Thanks !!
It would be nice if these changes would be added to the next CT version. It would enable out-of-the-box (GUI) applications for RPi and BBB.
Greetings, Alfred.
