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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:12:02 +0100
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On 23/10/2011 14:59, Mark Murray wrote:
> 1) How do I get build gcc-4.7 such that the ${PREFIX}/bin/gnat* bits
> "know" that gcc${SUFFIX} or ${PREFIX}/<something> is to be used, and
> not the first "gcc" it finds on the path? Rearranging the path is not a
> permanent option, its OK for bootstrapping; "gcc" is "system gcc", if I
> want other gcc then I'd like to ask for that specifically with (say)
> "gcc47".

Answering myself partially on this one; it looks like you can't?

I dug through the source for gnatmake etc in gcc-4.7-20111015/gcc/ada
and found strings (more than one) that would indicate that "gcc" is
hardcoded and not configuable.

I'm no Ada programmer (I want this so I can learn!), so I may be
missing something, but its not looking good so far.

Next step is to hack the source and see. Yuk! :-)

M
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Mark "No Nickname" Murray
Notable nebbish, extreme generalist.