Re: The GNU Ada compiler

[Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net>]

Bjï¿œrn Persson wrote:

> Do your packages for Suse replace the Gnat packages that Suse provides,
> or can they coexist?

I never ever would replace the SuSE packages - you need them to compile the
kernel!

> In the latter case, how does the user choose which 
> compiler to use?

The classic way:

PATH=/opt/gnat/bin:${PATH}

> I've got the impression that when interfacing to other languages all the
> pieces need to be compiled with the same version of GCC, so if these
> releases only provide Ada I suppose they shouldn't be used for
> mixed-language projects. Or am I misinformed? 

That is indeed true and I compile all languages which with the packages so
there won't be any problems. Of corse that makes the packages as large as
they are :-( .

Martin
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