From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,32bee71a8464bfc2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!newsfeed2.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!newsfeed-00.mathworks.com!irazu.switch.ch!switch.ch!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail From: Martin Krischik Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: A bug in gnat/gcc 3.3.3? Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 09:44:11 +0100 Organization: None Message-ID: <2145623.4z7CBdWjFt@linux1.krischik.com> References: <1104854323.582074.155390@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <2756551.f73Z0G07VK@linux1.krischik.com> <41db6f28$1_2@news.tm.net.my> Reply-To: martin@krischik.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1104915307 04 4886 aZmErcxlOpwj2UI 050105 08:55:07 X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@t-online.de X-ID: r4naxoZUZe-dJXFMdaA6fvOiLBRQ+cuFUzuh+Zu9F7PBLEBHmRUE6q User-Agent: KNode/0.8.0 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:7463 Date: 2005-01-05T09:44:11+01:00 List-Id: Adrian Hoe wrote: > Martin Krischik wrote: > >> Adrian Hoe wrote: >> >> >>>Hi and Happy New Year everyone :-), >>> >>>I tried to compile the dgate.adb in GtkAda-2.2.1 with gnat/gcc 3.3.3 >>>under SuSE Linux 9.1 Pro and I got an error: >> >> >> To cut it short: 3.3.x is to buggy to work with. The only thing 3.3.x >> version are good for is compiling a newer version from the cvs archive. >> >> Maybe you want to read: >> >> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:Ada:Installing >> >> With Regards >> >> Martin > > > Is 3.4 less buggy then 3.3.x as suggested in your website? Yes! 3.4 is currently the best option. 3.15 is old, 3.3 is buggy and 4.0 is still fighting with the tree-saa extentsion. > I agree with you that bootstrapping from source and CVS will not > necessarily work each time. It is very tedious. In Linux it is quite strait forward. The 3.3 which comes with most current distribution will do nicely. Windows is indeed difficult. > Why not prebuild packages (rpm, tar balls, pkg, etc.) and make available > for download for a small fee (for the time and trouble the builder has > invested)? Or, make into CDs and charge for a small fee. For MinGW there is a nice 3.4.2. Apart from that: Yes I would love that. And I am prepared to pay as well. > Yes, this is contradict to the idea of free software. But getting the > right package or right build for one's system is a tedious process. Actualy: No! Only source is free in free software. Charging for binaries is quite common (SuSE, Redhad, Mandrake, etc. pp.) > Why not setup a non-profit org to do this? The fee collected can be > channeled back to Ada development and as well as Ada promotion? > Interested? Contact me at my email or website. Shure I am. BTW: Once you have the setup for Ada it's only a tiny step to distribute all gcc-core languages. Martin -- mailto://krischik@users.sourceforge.net http://www.ada.krischik.com