Re: gnat compiler - help wanted

[Mark Johnson <Mark_H_Johnson@Raytheon.com>]

Tony wrote:
> 
> I am currently having problems making a server process which deals
> with the compilation of ada code from text delivered over a socket.
> 
I don't suppose you could...
 - create a temporary directory
 - feed the text from the socket to gnatchop (directly or indirectly),
output to that temporary directory
 - run gnatmake in that temporary directory
 - send the results back to the originator
Or is that considered "cheating"?

> [snip]
> My problem with the Gnat Source is following the dependencies.
> i.e. where does gnatmake come from... which packages (there are quite
> literally thousands of them).
> 
If you MUST figure out how gnatmake is built (which doesn't appear to be
a necessary precondition), I would suggest something as simple as...
  rm *.ali *.o
  gnatmake [switches] gnatmake 2>&1 | tee gnatmake.output
to rebuild gnatmake & capture the compiler output. Then edit the
gnatmake.output file to have the list of files that got compiled. I do
something similar when preparing an example to send to ACT for bug
reports.
  --Mark