Lazarus cannot write configuration when directory contains accents
Original Reporter info from Mantis: leonardorame
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Reporter name: Leonardo M. Ramé
Original Reporter info from Mantis: leonardorame
- Reporter name: Leonardo M. Ramé
Description:
Please,read this: http://www.mail-archive.com/lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/msg23765.html
In spanish-based Windows, config files are stored in C:\Documents and Settings\Administrador\Configuración local\Datos de programa\lazarus
In those configurations, when you go to Tools->Build..., you'll get an Write error, cannot write staticpackages.inc
The workaround is to start lazarus passing this parameter:
--primary-config-path=c:\lazarus\config
In my case, I added it to the shortcut to the lazarus launcher.
Mantis conversion info:
- Mantis ID: 22216
- Version: 1.1 (SVN)
- Fixed in revision: 37656 (#24c2470b)