fpc Free Pascal download zip issues (needs a proper .bep file)

[scottmc]

The zip file contains the empty folders "home/Desktop" and "home/Desktop/Trash" which cause problems when extracted.

The symlink "develop/tools/pascal" is broken. Should link to "/boot/develop/tools/fpc-2.3.1-i386-haiku-090602" but is missing the "-i386".

[oco]

This unofficial package is now out of date. The latest official freepascal version (2.4.0) is available for Haiku at  http://freepascal.org/down/i386/haiku.var.

This version still has some problems to compile Lazarus (require Qt). But those problems are fixed in the fpc trunk.

The link should be updated to point to the new version. I don't think i have enough rights for that.

A .bep file is not necessary. All patchs are already in the official repository.

[augiedoggie]

Replying to oco:

This unofficial package is now out of date. The latest official freepascal version (2.4.0) is available for Haiku at  http://freepascal.org/down/i386/haiku.var. This version still has some problems to compile Lazarus (require Qt). But those problems are fixed in the fpc trunk. The link should be updated to point to the new version. I don't think i have enough rights for that. A .bep file is not necessary. All patchs are already in the official repository.

Bep files are useful for automatic rebuilding/packaging regardless of whether the software needs patches. This can happen for a variety of reasons, like the ABI increment for Haiku releases. It also does things like generating an OptionalPackageDescription file.