DOS ain't dead - Free Pascal version 3.2.2

Free Pascal version 3.2.2 (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 04.10.2021, 07:37

> I have mirrored it, I think. Did they change how they packaged things in
> 3.2.2? In 3.2.0 and previous releases, we had zip files like: doc-chm.zip
> doc-txt.zip dos320full.zip dos320.zip

dos320.zip is the DOS Go32v2 compiler proper (without sources), so "full" means with sources.

Also see SourceForge for Documentation. (N.B. I'd only mirror TXT, CHM [for IDE], and maybe?? HTML [bloat!].)

> For 3.2.2, I could only find fpc-3.2.2.i386-win32.cross.i8086-msdos.exe
> (installer) which requires fpc-3.2.2.i386-win32.exe (Win32) to work.

Not sure how or why or if that's a hard requirement. The cross-compiler has a built-in OMF librarian and assembler, so it doesn't need any obvious external Win32 utils. That part now has its own subdir: msdos/

Just to reiterate from last time (3.2.0, haven't checked new one yet): "subdirs for separately-built libraries for 8086, 186, 286, 386; GENERICS.*.A libs take up 33 MB".

I don't know if it even works under HX anymore. And I doubt anybody would make a proper .ZIP for DOS users anyways. No idea what's on FPC's FTP since modern web browsers sadly all gave up on that ancient protocol. But maybe I'll try newest HX (v2.19pre8 (Aug. 23)) + ppcross8086.exe (manually .ZIP'd) later this week.

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Complete thread:

Free Pascal version 3.2.2 - rr, 22.05.2021, 21:48 (Announce)
- Free Pascal version 3.2.2 - Laaca, 22.05.2021, 23:00
  - Free Pascal version 3.2.2 - rr, 22.05.2021, 23:10
- Free Pascal version 3.2.2 - marcov, 24.05.2021, 00:00
- Free Pascal version 3.2.2 - marcov, 31.05.2021, 12:13
  - Free Pascal version 3.2.2 - rr, 31.05.2021, 21:12
    - Free Pascal version 3.2.2 - Laaca, 08.06.2021, 17:36
      - Free Pascal version 3.2.2 - Rugxulo, 03.10.2021, 08:30
        Free Pascal version 3.2.2 - jhall, 03.10.2021, 21:51
        Free Pascal version 3.2.2 - Rugxulo, 04.10.2021, 07:37
        Free Pascal version 3.2.2 - Rugxulo, 12.11.2021, 20:54
        FPC 3.2.2 (ppcross8086.exe atop HXRT 2.19-pre8) in FreeDOS - Rugxulo, 14.11.2021, 18:50
        Free Pascal version 3.2.2 - Rugxulo, 04.10.2021, 07:39
        Free Pascal version 3.2.2 - Rugxulo, 05.07.2022, 00:22