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+fpc (free pascal compiler)
+
Free Pascal (aka FPK Pascal) is a 32 and 64 bit professional Pascal
compiler. It is available for different processors: Intel x86,
Amd64/x86_64, PowerPC, PowerPC64, Sparc, ARM. The discontinued 1.0
@@ -5,5 +7,11 @@ version also supports the Motorola 680x0. The following operating
systems are supported: Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X/Darwin, DOS, Win32,
Win64, WinCE, OS/2, Netware (libc and classic) and MorphOS.
-NOTE: This package conflicts with ptop, as both install a ptop binary
-in /usr/bin.
+The fpc source code is included by default. It is needed by
+some applications (e.g Lazarus IDE) but it can be excluded with:
+
+ SRC=no ./fpc.Slackbuild
+
+Note: if you plan to use lazarus 3.0 make sure first to remove
+any previous lazarus installation, then upgrade fpc to
+version 3.2.2 build 3, and only then install lazarus 3.0