Re: The GNU Ada compiler

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

Adrian Knoth wrote:

> Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net> 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!
> 
> I think this is not the answer to the same question which arose
> for me yesterday: if the distribution ships a gnat package, why
> would one use yours?

A distribution will only ship one specific version of gcc where the ability
to compile the kernel is the most important feature. 2nd comes availability
at time the distribution was created.

If you have SuSE 9.x you get a gcc 3.3.x - notoriously bad release for Ada.

If you have SuSE 10 you get:

GNAT 4.0.2 20050901 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux)

"prerelease" - makes me uneasy.

Martin
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