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On 12/22/16 3:11 PM, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> On Thu, 22 Dec 2016 14:55:05 +0100 |
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> Alfredo Tupone <tupone@g.o> wrote: |
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>>>> I would like to start including, in the gentoo tree, GNAT-GPL |
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>>>> built in the same way as sys-devel-gcc and selectable with gcc-config |
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>>> 1. Does this mean that GNAT-GPL build will include building a C |
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>>> compiler? If yes, will the C compiler be installed? |
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>> Yes, a C and a C++ compiler, and they will be installed |
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>>> 2. Will it be possible to combine GNAT-GPL with a different version of |
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>>> regular gcc C/C++ compilers? |
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>> No, not easily |
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> To be honest, I don't like this at all. This sounds like doubling |
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> the effort on maintaining gcc, and it sounds like people using GNAT-GPL |
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> would end up being forced to use old versions of GCC (also possibly |
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> missing patches). |
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> If the Ada compiler requires Ada to boostrap anyway, can't you just |
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> make it build the Ada compiler alone? |
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Yeah, I agree. |
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Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D. |
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