Re: ADA for OS/2

[Matthias Kretschmer <McCratch@gmx.net>]

On Tue, 03 Jul 2001 11:56:08 +0100
John Poltorak <jp@eyup.org> wrote:

> "David W. Noon" wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 3 Jul 3901 08:11:30, John Poltorak <jp@eyup.org> wrote:
> >
> > > GNAT 3.13p includes OS/2 patches but building an OS/2 binary is a
> > > non-trivial task.
> > >
> > > Is there any possibility that I can I get hold of an OS/2 binary from
> > > anywhere?
> >
> > The possibility exists.
> >
> > I have GNAT on a CD from 1995 that I plan to use to build an OS/2
> > version. If that goes well then I will d/l a newer cut of GNAT and
> > give that a shot. This will take a couple of weeks to organize, as I
> > am a little busy on other things just now.
> 
> I got as far as applying the OS/2 patches to the source code but apparently
> you need to
> have 3.12 installed as 3.13 is built on top of that. A few people are

have a look at hobbes or leo - there you should find at least gnat 3.12 precompiled for os/2 using emx-environment. or try www.os2.org iirc it has a search engine for software.

> trying to build it and we are
> currently discussing progress on the os2-unix mailing list and you are
> welcome to join in, which
> you can do by using this link:-
> 
> mailto:os2-unix-request@eyup.org?body=subscribe
> 
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Dave
> >
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> 
> --
> John
>