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NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 13:13:49 -0500
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Another Mac Ada Problem
From: csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson)
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 11:13:49 -0700
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Brian Drummond <brian@shapes.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> On Mon, 26 Oct 2015 01:21:38 -0700, Charles H. Sampson wrote:
> 
> > I've been messing around with Ada on my old Mac G4, running OS X
> > 10.4.11, for a long time, using vi, and emacs. My G4 died an I replaced
> > it with a G5 (love the PPC) running 10.5.8. When I now attempt to
> > compile, I get
> > 
> >      gcc -c -g -IUtilities trimmer.adb gcc: error trying to exec 'as':
> >      execvp: No such file or directory
> > 
> > Poking around, I don't see a newer version of GNAT for 10.5.8. Although
> > I had good backup (I thought) before the G4 died, file recovery was a
> > laborious process and I could have made mistakes. (As a matter of fact,
> > I'm trying to write a little tool to help in checking that recovery.)
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> > 
> 
> It can't find the assembler. Sounds like you need to install a version of
> "binutils" (assembler, linker, archiver and other low level tools the
> compiler uses) compatible with the gcc/gnat version you're using. 

I thought I remembered that "as" was the assembler. What path was it on?
If I know where to look I might yet find it.

Alternatively, how about if I reinstall all the GNAT stuff? I still have
the disk image.

> Sorry I can't help with the details.
> 
Thanks for your help.

Charlie
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