GetTickCount disappeared on Raspberry PI
lazarus / 66-Unix

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hakelm · 2017-12-10 11:38

On my Linux desktop the little program below compiles without a
glitch. When trying to compile it on Raspberry Pi with Free Pascal
Compiler version 2.6.0-9+rpi1+wsf1 [2015/04/28] for arm
I get Error: Identifier not found "GetTickCount64".
Looking at sysutilh.inc that contains GetTickCount on my desktop and
the one on my Pi I see that they are totally different. Searching for
files containing  "GetTickCount" on the Pi doesn't give any promising
candidates for a good source.
What can I do?
Thanks in advance for any tip.
H

program Project1;

{$mode objfpc}{$H+}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}{$IFDEF UseCThreads}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}{$ENDIF}
  Classes,sysutils
  { you can add units after this };

{$R *.res}

begin
  writeln(GetTickCount64);
end.

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Thaddy · 2017-12-10 11:45

It simply works here after disabling the res entry:
Code: Pascal  [Select][+][-]window.onload = function(){var x1 =
document.getElementById("main_content_section"); if (x1) { var x =
document.getElementsByClassName("geshi");for (var i = 0; i program
Project1; {$mode objfpc}{$H+} uses  {$IFDEF UNIX}{$IFDEF UseCThreads} 
cthreads,  {$ENDIF}{$ENDIF}  Classes,sysutils  { you can add units
after this }; // {$R *.res} //disable this begin 
writeln(GetTickCount64);end.
BTW: You are using a really old version: upgrade to Stretch and you
have a more recent FPC/Lazarus.

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marcov · 2017-12-10 12:07

2.6.0 is awfully old, probably before tickcount64 was standarized.

2.6.2,2.6.4,3.0.0,3.0.2, and 3.0.4 came all after it, and FPC is not
known for its speedy updates.

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Thaddy · 2017-12-10 12:17

Marco, two days ago I was able to download the 3.0.4 tar for eabihf
raspberry pi. When I try to retrieve the link today it is gone. Rather
annoying.

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hakelm · 2017-12-10 12:43

Thanks
I will upgrade and see what happens.
H

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marcov · 2017-12-10 12:44

Quote from: Thaddy on December 10, 2017, 01:17:42 pmMarco, two days
ago I was able to download the 3.0.4 tar for eabihf raspberry pi. When
I try to retrieve the link today it is gone. Rather annoying.
(searching and interpreting vague info), ah, you mean via http. I
fixed something, should be live tomorrow.

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rvk · 2017-12-10 13:15

I changed my script for installation of Laz/FPC trunk a few days ago
and needed 3.0.4 for compilation of FPC.

I took the one from ftp which is still there:
ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/dist/3.0.4/arm-linux/
Code: Pascal  [Select][+][-]window.onload = function(){var x1 =
document.getElementById("main_content_section"); if (x1) { var x =
document.getElementsByClassName("geshi");for (var i = 0; i wget -O
compiler3.tar ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/dist/3.0.4/arm-
linux/fpc-3.0.4.arm-linux-eabihf-raspberry.tar
Even the stack.nl mirror for The Netherlands has it:
ftp://freepascal.stack.nl/pub/mirrors/fpc/dist/3.0.4/arm-linux/

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hakelm · 2017-12-10 15:01

Free Pascal Compiler version 3.0.4 [2017/10/11] for arm
did the trick.
Thanks
H

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Thaddy · 2017-12-10 15:15

Quote from: hakelm on December 10, 2017, 04:01:58 pmFree Pascal
Compiler version 3.0.4 [2017/10/11] for arm
did the trick.
Thanks
H

Also, Marco, TNX!