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From: Luke A. Guest <laguest@archeia.com>
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Subject: Re: Precisely why can't official FSF GNAT maintainers copy
 bug fixes in GNAT & its GCC-contained runtime en masse from GNAT GPL
 Community Edition?
Date: Sat, 5 May 2018 13:50:39 +0100
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Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:

> One data point:
> 
> I have never been able to build a GNAT compiler for VMS Alpha from
> the FSF sources even though AdaCore did offer a GNAT Pro version for
> VMS.
>
> I don't know if this is due to missing bits in the FSF sources or my
> missing out a critical step (VMS has some unique build requirements).

It’s missing the bits you need. I’ve even noticed VMS bits having been
remove bed from one version to another.

Luke