Use local 7zip binary?

[adderthorn]

I am trying to use fpcupdeluxe to compile lazarus on Mac (darwin) OS 10.5.8 on ppc64. I am not able to get past it trying to download the 7zip bootstrap binary. I manually downloaded it, however it is an x86 binary and will not run on ppc64 anyway. I have a local 7z binary I am trying to use instead and have tried symlinking and copying it to the fpcbootstap/7Zip folder as 7zz but fpcupdeluxe still fails.

Is there a way to force it to skip getting the 7zip binary and use the 7z application in PATH?

[LongDirtyAnimAlf]

Please test the pre-release.
https://github.com/LongDirtyAnimAlf/fpcupdeluxe/releases/tag/v2.4.0dp

[adderthorn]

Thanks for the quick turnaround! Unfortunately I am still having issues. It is not able to get past sequencing. I've attached the log. I did try enabling verbose mode in the settings but it didn't add anything else to the log.
log.txt

[LongDirtyAnimAlf]

This is an error that will need a lot of effort from both of us to solve.
I am very interested in solving this. Are you interested too ?

[adderthorn]

I would like to see if this can be fixed, yes. I know ppc64/darwin is essentially a dead platform, but I have some hardware I'd like to repurpose and would like to have a working copy of lazarus on it to compile and debug with. Please let me know what you need from me and I am happy to help!

[LongDirtyAnimAlf]

Good.
I need access to your old Mac. Through something like a VNC.
Please have a look for something suitable.
https://github.com/marciot/mac-minivnc

[LongDirtyAnimAlf]

I got fpcupdeluxe and Lazarus working on an old Intel Mac mini. Small step forward.

[adderthorn]

I am working to get you access to one of my PowerPC macs. I just want to make sure it's working with VNC and locked down to its own VLAN.

[LongDirtyAnimAlf]

Would you mind testing if this binary runs on your syste ?
https://github.com/LongDirtyAnimAlf/fpcupdeluxe/releases/download/v2.4.0dp/fpcup-3_2_2-powerpc64-darwin-ppcppc64
Thanks.