Re: Debian Etch GCC GNAT 4.1 / Aonbix ADT Eclipse Plugin

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

Georg Bauhaus writes:
> On Mon, 2007-04-16 at 12:10 +0200, Ludovic Brenta wrote:
>> Pieter Thysebaert writes:
>
>> > Is there anyone who knows how to make the Aonix ADT plugin work together
>> > with the GCC 4.1 based GNAT from Debian Etch?
>
>> Sorry I can't help you with Aonix's plugin, but the compiler is in:
>> 
>> /usr/bin/gnatgcc  link to compiler driver if you installed package gnat
>> /usr/bin/gcc      link to compiler driver if you installed package gcc
>> /usr/bin/gcc-4.1  real compiler driver from package gcc-4.1
>> /usr/lib/gcc/<platform>/4.1.2/gnat1  real compiler from package gnat-4.1
>
> I think that the plugin as it is now is built around some assumptions
> about the relative paths of a GNAT installation, where GNAT installation
> refers to GPL GNAT from AdaCore.

I agree.  Although I've never used it myself (I don't even have a JVM
installed), I've seen several pieces of user feedback that point in
that direction.  According to my gut feeling, it is a mistake to make
assumptions in the case of GNAT; it is better to just look for
"gnatmake" and "gnat ls", like Stephe's ada-mode for emacs now does.

It could be, too, that the plugin requires ASIS (packages libasis-dev,
asis-programs) for source beautification.

> Perhaps Pieter's and others' question can trigger some interest in
> including the ADT plugin into the semi-free section of debian per
> http://www.eclipse.org/proposals/adt/

Yes, I hope so too, but don't count on me for that.  As I said, I
don't even have a JVM installed, much less eclipse, so I'm not going
to install a whole Java toolchain just for this project.  OTOH I'm
more than willing to answer questions if someone steps in to do this
packaging.

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.