Re: Build gcc-ada on/for Solaris x86_64?

[Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>]

On Mar 27, 2:22 pm, inva...@domain.invalid wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to be able to use gcc ada on my Solaris 10 Intel box. I
> did some preliminary checking and it doesn't look like a trivial
> undertaking.
>
> I'm wondering if any of the participants in comp.lang.ada have done
> this or anything similar.
>
> I have gcc 3.4.x running on the Solaris box from Sun's Companion CD but
> it was not built with Ada support.
>
> I have 64 and 32 bit Linux boxes both running gcc 4.2.4 with
> Ada. Maybe it's simple (!) to build a cross target from this system?
>
> I read somewhere that the gcc ada version isn't necessarily the same
> as the gcc version. Is there a reason why I can't use 4.2.4 Ada on a
> gcc 3.4 base. Is gccada at the 3.4 level worth having?
>
> Any comments/suggestions?

I suggest you install the package gcc3ada from www.blastwave.org; this
is GCC 3.4.5 with Ada enabled. If you would like a more recent
version, use gcc3ada to compile GCC 4.3.3 with Ada. It would be nice
if you would then contribute your packages back to blastwave.

PS. I recommend against package gcc4ada (GCC 4.0.2) because of bugs
resulting from the introduction of Tree-SSA in GCC 4.0 (i.e. impedance
mismatches between the Ada front-end and the GCC 4.0 back-end).

--
Ludovic Brenta.