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From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar)
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Subject: Re: ADA for OS/2
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John Poltorak <jp@eyup.org> wrote in message news:<3B45DEAF.6BAD19D@eyup.org>...
> There is an immediate problem when attempting to follow an instruction like:-
> 
>   -- Apply patches (gcc-281.dif) from the src directory
> 
> ... does this simply mean using the source straight from GNU, ie. :-
> 
> ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gcc/gcc-2.8.1.tar.gz
> 
> 
> or do I need to find and apply some EMX patches first to incorporate OS/2
> enhancements?
> 
> And if so, which patches?
> 
> Any hints/tips, much appreciated...


Once again, I strongly suggest that you go through the process of
bootstrapping the OS/2 EMX version of GNU C, and don't even think
about porting GNAT till you have completed that excercise successfully.
If you have not already, I would recommend reading the gcc manual
cover to cover.