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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fcd6c,f3beb245983bd21f X-Google-Attributes: gidfcd6c,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,f3beb245983bd21f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-07 04:37:35 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!rwcrnsc54.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Jeff C," Newsgroups: linux.redhat.install,comp.lang.ada References: <5e3e03a7.0310061123.34c53510@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: Redhat Linux 9.0 and Gnat X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: <2Axgb.513486$Oz4.370489@rwcrnsc54> NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.31.4.164 X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-Trace: rwcrnsc54 1065526654 66.31.4.164 (Tue, 07 Oct 2003 11:37:34 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 11:37:34 GMT Organization: Comcast Online Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 11:37:34 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com linux.redhat.install:153 comp.lang.ada:368 Date: 2003-10-07T11:37:34+00:00 List-Id: "Preben Randhol" wrote in message news:slrnbo4s1t.jf.randhol+valid_for_reply_from_news@kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no... > On 2003-10-06, Mark Doherty wrote: > > Should I install Redhat 7.x instead? > > No. > > Many people have given you different suggestions. I would say that for > the time being you are best off with Gnat 3.15p (I use this myself) and > when Gnat 5 is available you can upgrade to this. The reason is that the > gcc 3.x is not stable yet, so things are missing and some bugs are yet > to be resolved. You can find RPMS here: > > http://www.alex.wubn.net/en/ > > It says RedHat 7.1 but I think it should work on RH 9 as well. If it > doesn't it should be much more easy to recompile a SRPM than to build > GNAT 5 from source. It is just that it is not entirely clear that there will every be a stable GNAT in the GCC normal releases. Sure it works pretty good but the rate at which fixes from the GNAT cvs are getting folded into the GCC mainline is very slow. Add to that the fact that gcc changed the interface between the front-ends and back ends a while ago (tree-ssa) and that there has been noise that at some point front ends that have not migrated will be removed. http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2003-09/msg01204.html As for a public release of GNAT 5.0 series....It will be interesting to see. 3.15 has been out for quite a while. Supported customers are already seen 3.16 and 5.01..Still no public release. I am not saying it will never happen but building a non-cross compiler from the GNAT 5.0 sources is not really all that hard. > > Hope it helps. > > Preben Randhol > -- > This is Ada95 land. On quiet nights you can hear C programmers debug.