Re: where is a gnat 3.11 rpm for linux

["Bobby D. Bryant" <bdbryant@mail.utexas.edu>]

Florian Weimer wrote:

> "Mike Dimmick" <mike@dimmick.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
> > My reasoning is this:  my Linux system runs RedHat 5.2, which is
> > glibc-2.0.  I don't trust the new kernel 2.2 releases at all.  Not an
> > inch.  I'm providing services to other people on our LAN on this server,
> > so I'm trying to get as little down time as possible.  But I need to
> > ensure that any Ada programs I write will truly cross-compile to a
> > Unix-like machine before I submit them.
>
> You can always keep 3.12p and glibc 2.0 if you want to.  Or you can
> hire someone who ports future GNAT versions for you.  Or perhaps the
> "official" ACT version works for you.

Since he already has a version running, can't he just download the source (or
RPM sources) for any new versions that come out, and build them on his own
system?  Or did some GNAT internal code have to change with the library
change?

Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas