[SOLVED] Cannot build Units for Sinclair QL - fpmkunit.pp fails to
compile.
lazarus / 64-FPC development

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NormanDunbar · 2026-04-16 15:04

I know it's not a popular platform, but I'm attempting to bring it a
bit more up to date and I've made some changes to the RTL, which
compiles fine, but compiling the units fails as follows:

Code: Bash  [Select][+][-]window.onload = function(){var x1 =
document.getElementById("main_content_section"); if (x1) { var x =
document.getElementsByClassName("geshi");for (var i = 0; i cd
SourceCode/FPC_Sourcemake packages_clean OS_TARGET=sinclairql
CPU_TARGET=m68kmake packages RELEASE=1 FPC=fpc-ql OS_TARGET=sinclairql
CPU_TARGET=m68k
Note: fpc_ql is a symlink to the cross compiler in
lib/fpc/3.3.1/ppcross68k.

The output is as follows:

Code: Bash  [Select][+][-]window.onload = function(){var x1 =
document.getElementById("main_content_section"); if (x1) { var x =
document.getElementsByClassName("geshi");for (var i = 0; i
norman@Hubble2:~/SourceCode/FPC_Source$ make packages RELEASE=1
FPC=fpc-ql OS_TARGET=sinclairql CPU_TARGET=m68kmake -C packages
allmake[1]: Entering directory
'/data/SourceCode/FPC_Source/packages'make -C ../rtl all
FPC=/usr/local/bin/ppcx64make[2]: Entering directory
'/data/SourceCode/FPC_Source/rtl'make -C sinclairql allmake[3]:
Entering directory
'/data/SourceCode/FPC_Source/rtl/sinclairql'make[3]: Leaving directory
'/data/SourceCode/FPC_Source/rtl/sinclairql'make[2]: Leaving directory
'/data/SourceCode/FPC_Source/rtl'make -C fpmkunit bootstrap
FPC=/usr/local/bin/ppcx64make[2]: Entering directory
'/data/SourceCode/FPC_Source/packages/fpmkunit'/usr/local/bin/ppcx64
src/fpmkunit.pp  -Fu/data/SourceCode/FPC_Source/rtl
-FUunits_bs/x86_64-linux -Fu../paszlib/src -Fu../hash/src
-Fi../paszlib/src -Cg -Fi../fcl-process/src/unix -Fu../fcl-process/src
-Fi../fcl-process/src/linux -Fu../libtar/src Free Pascal Compiler
version 3.2.2 [2021/05/16] for x86_64Copyright (c) 1993-2021 by
Florian Klaempfl and othersTarget OS: Linux for x86-64Compiling
src/fpmkunit.ppCompiling /data/SourceCode/FPC_Source/packages/fcl-
process/src/process.ppprocess.inc(219,9) Warning: Symbol
"ApplicationName" is deprecatedprocess.inc(220,9) Warning: Symbol
"CommandLine" is deprecatedprocess.inc(371,33) Warning: Symbol
"ApplicationName" is deprecatedprocess.inc(373,31) Warning: Symbol
"CommandLine" is deprecatedprocess.inc(377,40) Warning: Symbol
"FpGetEnv" is deprecatedprocess.inc(597,59) Error: Identifier not
found "fmShareNoLocking"processbody.inc(814,28) Warning: Symbol
"SetCommandLine" is deprecatedprocessbody.inc(857,28) Warning: Symbol
"SetCommandLine" is deprecatedprocessbody.inc(1043,16) Error:
Identifier not found "INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE"processbody.inc(1086,28)
Error: Identifier not found
"INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE"processbody.inc(1100,21) Error: Identifier not
found "INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE"processbody.inc(1115,23) Error: Identifier
not found "INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE"processbody.inc(1130,23) Error:
Identifier not found "INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE"processbody.inc(1131,17)
Error: Identifier not found
"INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE"processbody.inc(1144,27) Error: Identifier not
found "INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE"processbody.inc(1149,25) Error: Identifier
not found "INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE"processbody.inc(1150,17) Error:
Identifier not found "INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE"processbody.inc(1166,16)
Error: Identifier not found
"INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE"processbody.inc(1190,25) Error: Identifier not
found "INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE"processbody.inc(1214,26) Error: Identifier
not found "INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE"processbody.inc(1215,25) Error:
Identifier not found "INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE"processbody.inc(1216,23)
Error: Identifier not found "INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE"process.pp(103,1)
Fatal: There were 15 errors compiling module, stoppingFatal:
Compilation abortedmake[2]: *** [Makefile:2837: bootstrap] Error
1make[2]: Leaving directory
'/data/SourceCode/FPC_Source/packages/fpmkunit'make[1]: ***
[Makefile:2024: fpmake] Error 2make[1]: Leaving directory
'/data/SourceCode/FPC_Source/packages'make: *** [Makefile:3237:
packages] Error 2 One part that intrigues me is the line:

Code: Bash  [Select][+][-]window.onload = function(){var x1 =
document.getElementById("main_content_section"); if (x1) { var x =
document.getElementsByClassName("geshi");for (var i = 0; i Target OS:
Linux for x86-64
Which is indeed the platform I'm running, but not the target I'm
compiling for.

If it's of any use, I'm using the following script to clean, build and
reinstall the units:

Code: Bash  [Select][+][-]window.onload = function(){var x1 =
document.getElementById("main_content_section"); if (x1) { var x =
document.getElementsByClassName("geshi");for (var i = 0; i
#!/usr/bin/bash # Fpc_build_units.sh## A script to clean, compile and
install the QL RTL files for# the Free Pascal Cross Compiler.##
EXECUTION:##       Fpc_build_units.sh > ~/Fpc_build_units.log## The
cross compiler is installed in ~/bin.# The source code is in
~/SourceCode/FPC_Source.# Current cross compiler version is 3.3.1.##
Norman Dunbar.# April 2021.# FPC_SOURCE=FPC_SourceFPC_VERSION=3.3.1QLF
PC_DIR=/home/norman/binUNIT_SOURCE=/home/norman/SourceCode/${FPC_SOURC
E}/packages/qlunits/units/m68k-
sinclairqlUNIT_DEST=${QLFPC_DIR}/lib/fpc/${FPC_VERSION}/units/m68k-
sinclairql/qlunits # Clean existing QL Unit files.clearecho "Cleaning
QL Unit files in ~/SourceCode/${FPC_SOURCE}..."cd
~/SourceCode/${FPC_SOURCE}pwd make packages_clean OS_TARGET=sinclairql
CPU_TARGET=m68k  # Build QL Unit files.echo "Building QL Unit files in
~/SourceCode/${FPC_SOURCE}..."make packages RELEASE=1 FPC=fpc-ql
OS_TARGET=sinclairql CPU_TARGET=m68k # Install new QL Unit files.echo
"Installing new QL Unit files into ${UNIT_DEST}..."cp -v
${UNIT_SOURCE}/* ${UNIT_DEST}/ echo "Done."
It has worked fine in the past, but I've been away from it for a long
while. I can confirm that I have pulled the latest source and that I
am using a pull from my fork of your repository, not directly from
you.

Any help will be gratefully received, thanks.

Cheers,
Norm.

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Thaddy · 2026-04-16 16:31

Did you build the cross compiler?

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NormanDunbar · 2026-04-16 17:19

I did indeed build the cross compiler.

I'm going to go and reinstall everything and start from scratch. Just
in case...


Cheers,
Norm.

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NormanDunbar · 2026-04-16 17:39

Right then.

I updated the cross compiler source (in SourceCode/fpc) and rebuilt
the cross compiler with no problems.

I then updated my fork on GitLab---gitlab.com/NormanDunbar/FPC_Source,
I was 1 commit behind---then pulled that latest source to my local
source in SourceCode/FPC_Source.

I built the RTL for the Sinclair QL with no problems, but then
building the units failed exactly as above. 

I am following the document I wrote years ago, updated yesterday and
today, and which is linked to from the free Pascal WiKi.
https://github.com/NormanDunbar/FPC-CrossCompiler-QL/releases/tag/1.8

I doubt it makes any difference, but my host compiler is this version:

Free Pascal Compiler version 3.2.2 [2021/05/16] for x86_64

And my cross compiler is this version:

Free Pascal Compiler version 3.3.1 [2026/04/16] for m68k


Cheers,
Norman.

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marcov · 2026-04-18 11:00

While I still have a 840AV in the attic, I'm not that deep into m68k,
but that value should be in defined sysutils.   And fcl-process  uses
sysutils on all targets it seems

But since it is a relatively new addition (2023), maybe your script
somehow finds an old RTL, where this symbol was not yet in sysutils ? 
Add OPT=-va to see where the compiler finds its compiled units. (you
might want to pipe that to file).

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Thausand · 2026-04-18 11:10

When follow wiki then is make (cross)compiler and package no problem.
Only have problem platform name for fpc.cfg (not can use $fpctarget
and have use $fpcos-$fpccpu).

I think make build command user norman is find locate wrong
fpc.cfg/compiler then is make that error.

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NormanDunbar · 2026-04-18 12:04

I've wiped the installation clean this morning, brought my clone of
FPC_Source up to the latest commits again, and rebuild everything
(again) from the ground up.

Everything "just" worked. So I have no idea why there was a problem, I
was able to find the offending lines of code, but the variables the
compiler was complaining about were all in the source! Anyway, thanks
to all for the help offered, I'm back up and running again. Thanks.

Cheers,
Norm.

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Thausand · 2026-04-18 12:18

norman 👍