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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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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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<http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/> |
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