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Delphi command line build (DCC32) error: System.pas not found

Delphi 6 Professional in Win7/x64, with c:\Delphi6 folder.

Because the ProjectGroups are making OM errors, we need to build the projects one by one.

To provide faster compilation I tried to use DCC32.exe.

I found some info in this site about "extend dcc32.cfg with 4 options to set the library paths". I set each of them to the "Delphi/Options/Env. options/Library path".

Then I tried:

dcc32.exe b "any.dpr"

But I got error: System.pas don't found.

I don't understand it - maybe the dcc32.exe want to BUILD the basic pas files too, or I need to use another format.

We need to BUILD each of the projects, because we are using many conditional directives.

Thanks for the every info, suggestion you will write.

Solution

  • Since you are not specifying the various paths on the command line, they need to be in a .cfg file. My dcc32.cfg file for Delphi 6 looks like this:

    /LE"C:\Program Files (x86)\Borland\Delphi6\Projects\Bpl"
/LN"C:\Program Files (x86)\Borland\Delphi6\Projects\Bpl"
/U"C:\Program Files (x86)\Borland\Delphi6\Lib";"C:\Program Files (x86)\Borland\Delphi6\Imports"
/R"C:\Program Files (x86)\Borland\Delphi6\Lib"

    I have this in the Delphi bin directory. I put it there because it is specific to one particular machine since it uses absolute paths.

    Obviously you might need to add some more paths to what I have above, but the above will get you what you need for the basic RTL/VCL units.