Re: GtkAda on Windows: Does anyone have a gtkada.gpr file?

[Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>]

Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote on comp.lang.ada:
> On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 08:40:11 -0700 (PDT), Ludovic Brenta wrote:
> > Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote on comp.lang.ada:
>>> [...] Debian GNAT is still broken. I checked it two days ago under
>>> fully updated squeeze. Controlled types are broken.
>
>> I am interested in precise bug reports; vague claims do not help
>> anyone even if they are true.
>
> There is a test for this bug in:
>
>    http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de/ada/components.htm
>
>    .../test_components/test_handles.adb
>
> the project file is
>
>    .../test_components/components-tests.gpr
>
> it fails with Program_Error when something goes wrong with controlled
> type's Initialize/Finalize/Adjust calls.
>
>> You seem to assume that AdaCore will learn of your bugs by chance or
>> magic and fix them in the next GNAT GPL Edition.
>
> There is no magic. I report bugs to GNAT Pro and it gets fixed in the GPL
> automatically as AdaCore updates the GPL. AFAIK GPL is a mere snapshot of
> Pro.
>
> This particular bug was two or so years ago fixed in GNAT Pro. Later it was
> in GNAT GPL 2009, or maybe 2010 guess, it is certainly absent in GNAT GPL
> 2010. Would FSF be synched to GPL 2010, the bug should disappear.

FSF GCC does receive all fixes from GNAT Pro/GPL (in the trunk) but
the stable releases can be months behind the GPL release. Chances are
high that this particular bug is already fixed in GCC  4.5 or the
future 4.6 (i.e. trunk). If so, bisecting and backporting to GCC 4.4
should be straightforward.

--
Ludovic Brenta.