From: Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>
Subject: Re: AWS built for Windows / GNAT GPL 2011
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:59:41 -0500
Date: 2011-11-24T20:59:41-05:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <82d3chezci.fsf@stephe-leake.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7cd886ac-f84d-4960-b7ed-2e02e3fa6936@gi1g2000vbb.googlegroups.com
Shark8 <onewingedshark@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> It is true, however, that compiling AWS on Windows requires a bit of
>> investment due to the fact that the build system is based on utilities
>> from the CygWin package. It is a big and very heavy dependency
>> especially for those users who have no other reason to install this
>> package.
>
> I hear that; I wouldn't have CygWin on my computer if not for trying
> to compile AWS.
> IMO, Having that dependency makes AdaCore (and, by extension, Ada)
> look bad; as if to say:
> "Hey we have our own config/build system, but it's not good enough to
> handle the compile/install by itself!"
Actually, what AdaCore says is "we have our own config/build system that
depends only on POSIX utilities".
The problem is you are trying to build on an operating system that does
not follow the POSIX standard; of course that causes problems.
--
-- Stephe
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-11-25 1:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-21 14:54 AWS built for Windows / GNAT GPL 2011 Gautier write-only
2011-11-21 20:36 ` J-P. Rosen
2011-11-21 21:34 ` Maciej Sobczak
2011-11-22 15:03 ` Pascal Obry
2011-11-23 10:56 ` Gautier write-only
2011-11-23 21:36 ` Pascal Obry
2011-11-24 22:58 ` Shark8
2011-11-25 1:59 ` Stephen Leake [this message]
2011-11-21 22:32 ` Gautier write-only
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