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Subject: Re: GNAT 3.15a compiler available?
Date: 9 Aug 2006 15:08:37 -0700
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Ludovic,

Thanx for the ideas.  I changed the text but that didn't work.  I am
working on some of the other solutions you suggested.

Thanx again.
Andy

Ludovic Brenta wrote:
> AskeyAJ writes:
> > Hello.  I have some object files and ALI files that I need to bind/link
> > into some code I've written (I don't have the source code).  The legacy
> > ALI files show the version at 3.15a.  I found a 3.15p version last
> > night but I get an error message that the ALI files are not compatible
> > when doing a gnatbind.  Two possibities I see.
> >
> > 1) a work around - anyone know one?
>
> Change the first line of each .ali file to:
>
> V "GNAT Lib v3.15"
>
> There is no guarantee that that'll work, though, because the .ali
> files also contain the checksums of source files from the GNAT 3.15a
> runtime library.
>
> > 2) find 3.15a on the net for free - anyone know of a link to this?  I
> > googled 3.15a but can't find much.  Finding 3.15p was easy.
>
> 3.15a was a GNAT Pro release; it is not available "for free", but,
> since it is licensed under the GPL, it is "Free Software".  Therefore,
> whoever gave you the .ali and .o files has the right to also give you
> GNAT 3.15a.
>
> This is a very old version; you can also contact AdaCore and ask them
> for a copy, but there is no guarantee they'll grant your request.  See
> http://www.adacore.com.
>
> > Or anyone know of another option - besides recompiling the legacy code
> > - because I don't have access to this.
>
> Ask whoever gave you the .ali and .o files to recompile with GNAT
> 3.15p (or GCC 3.4 or 4.1) and give you the resulting .ali and .o
> files?  Or, if you can lure them into using GNAT GPL Edition for that,
> then they will *have* to provide you the sources :) :) :)
> 
> HTH
> 
> -- 
> Ludovic Brenta.