Re: License and Compiler Confusion

[Karel Miklav <karel@lovetemple.adbloccker.net>]

Jason C. Wells wrote:
> Bj�rn Persson wrote:
>> The package description that Jason linked to seems to indicate that 
>> someone has packaged Gnat GPL for FreeBSD.
> 
> Someone wrote the package description before someone did the work.  I 
> was perusing the CVS logs for the FreeBSD port.  The Ada frontend 
> (thanks for pointing out that distinction) for GCC 4.1 is not yet 
> included with FreeBSD's port of gcc41

You're confusing things here. The gnat-2005 port is doing just fine,
but it builds the GPL-ed version. There was no Ada frontend in any
FreeBSD GCC port as far as I can tell. Perhaps it's not stable enough?

If you decide to build it on your own, listen to the people here,
check the gnat-2005 port for some bootstraping tricks, and don't forget
to share your experience.

Otherwise you can always 'cd /usr/ports/lang/gnat ; make install
clean' and worry about the details later.

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Regards,
Karel Miklav