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=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC,URI_HEX autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,ddccebfb25095581 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!proxad.net!gatel-ffm!gatel-ffm!194.25.134.126.MISMATCH!newsfeed01.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: What is the best source of GNAT for Win32? Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 10:32:02 +0100 Organization: None Message-ID: <3232350.o1xlyxmq7p@linux1.krischik.com> References: <6PCdne-J_5MOAFbcRVn-jw@comcast.com> <1207241.Jl0oUfnWbg@linux1.krischik.com> 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 1103967140 04 28748 Ch+ZrG4JxkhYRFz 041225 09:32:20 X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@t-online.de X-ID: GFt8mTZZQerAMywHH37x8rlmdrc0yDli3u+IY4BhWAzozBceCHuyw5 User-Agent: KNode/0.8.0 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:7210 Date: 2004-12-25T10:32:02+01:00 List-Id: Steve wrote: > > "Martin Krischik" wrote in message > news:1207241.Jl0oUfnWbg@linux1.krischik.com... >> Steve wrote: >> >>> I have been using the distributions: >>> >>> gnat-3.15p-nt.exe >>> gnatwin-3.15p-nt.exe >>> >>> Which I downloaded from cs.nyu.edu when they were new. >>> >>> I see that gcc-ada-3.4.2-20040916-1.tar.gz is available from mingw.org. >>> >>> Questions: >>> Should I consider using this new version? >> >> Depends: It is quite a good alternative for those who know how tar works >> and >> are not affrait of complex installs. >> >>> Is this the only thing I need to install, or do I need >>> gcc-core-3.4.2-20040915-1.tar.gz as well? >> >> You need a lot more: >> >> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:Ada:Installing#MinGW >> > I would be VERY suprised if I really need: > gcc-g++-3.4.2-20040916-1.tar.gz > gcc-g77-3.4.2-20040916-1.tar.tz > gcc-java-3.4.2-20040916-1.tar.tz > gcc-objc-3.4.2-20040916-1.tar.tz > msys-1.0.10.exe > msysDTK-1.0.1.exe > msys-automake-1.8.2.tar.bz2 > msys-autoconf-2.59.tar.bz2 > msys-libtool-1.5.tar.bz2 > > I think you only need msys if you want to build gcc from sources (which I > don't). Or PolyORB. Or an a Ada enabled gdb. Anything which need ./configure. The problem with using MinGW is not the Ada compiler itself - you are right, you can get away with a lot less if you only want Ada. The real problem is the rest of the toolchain - especialy with windows. iE. I never got GPS to compile with windows - Reason: there is no complete list of packages to install to get GtkAda to work with Windows. >From that experience I think a maximalistic appraoch is more honest to the user then a minimalistic. But it's wiki - If you have a better advice to the user feel free to contribute. Martin -- mailto://krischik@users.sourceforge.net http://www.ada.krischik.com