GNAT setup

GNAT setup

[scott]

I hope someone out there can help me with a problem I'm having with GNAT.

When "untaring" the gnat2.03a for nt I get errror that the date time of
files cannot be set.

As you might expect this causes problems building (for the hello example:
hello.adb must be recompiled gnat.ads has changed).  I touched all of the
obj/ali/lib files for the library binaries.  The problem persists.

I'm running Windows 95.

If anyone knows the cause and solution(s) I'd appreciate hearing them.

THANKS in advance.

Re: GNAT setup

[David C. Hoos, Sr.]

Hi Scott,

gant 2.03 is pretty old.  The current version for NT/Win95 is 3.04a,
available as ftp://cs.yale.edu/pub/gnat/setup_gnat304a1.exe.gz

The file can be decompressed with either WinZip of gnu tar for NT.  Then,
the resulting .exe file is simply executed -- it's a self-extracting
archive.

One of the things that was fixed in this version (and required patches in
earlier versions) resulted in any files compiled before the onset of
Daylight Saving time this past April, becoming out-of-date during Daylight
Saving Time.

In addition, a number of other important bug fixes have occurred since 2.03

I hope this helps
-- 
David C. Hoos, Sr.,
http://www.dbhwww.com
http://www.ada95.com

scott <cbelie@ix.netcom.com> wrote in article
<01bb8bd7$c779d320$58c820cc@scott-home>...
> I hope someone out there can help me with a problem I'm having with GNAT.
> 
> When "untaring" the gnat2.03a for nt I get errror that the date time of
> files cannot be set.
> 
> As you might expect this causes problems building (for the hello example:
> hello.adb must be recompiled gnat.ads has changed).  I touched all of the
> obj/ali/lib files for the library binaries.  The problem persists.
> 
> I'm running Windows 95.
> 
> If anyone knows the cause and solution(s) I'd appreciate hearing them.
> 
> THANKS in advance.
>