Re: A bug in gnat/gcc 3.3.3?

[Martin Krischik <martin@krischik.com>]

Adrian Hoe wrote:


> If I'm going to bootstrap gnat 3.15p with gnat/gcc3.3.3, wouldn't the
> buggy 3.x affect the compilation? Has anyone tried to bootstrap
> gnat3.15p with gnat/gcc3.x before?

Bootstraping an older version with a newer version might not work.

> Honestly, I have compiled thousands of Ada code (previously compiled
> with gnat3.15p on Caldera and SuSE) with gnat/gcc 3.3.3 and had no
> problems and they run well until this bug box appeared when I tried to
> compile dgate.adb. I had no problem compiling GtkAda-2.2.1 at all. And
> the GtkAda installed and works perfectly on my SuSE 9.1pro.

I got lots of bug boxes with generic instaciations - namely the booch
components. Also: I have sepereate comiles for release and debug - often
one works while the other gives a bug box. 

With 3.15p I had a bug box for OS/2 debug while OS/2 release, Windows
Debug/Release and Linux Debug/Release where compiling fine.

With 3.4 I havn't seen one for a long time - well apart from the "limited
with" ;-) .

> Another issue is that gnat3.15p has been out there for a long time and
> seems no upgrade from gnat/libre. Do we consider gnat/gcc 3.x an
> upgrade?

And I fear we don't get another one. Wir RedHats incompatible 3.x version
and tree-saa 4.x, compiler development has speeded up. I have the distrinct
feeling that AdaCore has not time for public releases.

Martin 

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