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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: Debian Policy for Ada, Second Edition
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Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net> writes:

> Ludovic Brenta a écrit :
>
>> As always, I welcome comments and suggestions.
>
> I see that you recommend for libraries using :
>
> /usr/share/ada/adainclude/ for sources.
>
> /usr/lib/ for libraries
>
> /usr/share/ada/adainclude/ for project files.

I am not aware of a GNAT default.  What is the default? And why does
it not follow the GNAE?

> I think it would be far better to follow the GNAT default, this way
> project files are found automatically by GNAT and there is no need to
> set ADA_PROJECT_PATH at all for example.
>
> Moreover XML/Ada, AWS, ASIS, PolyORB have been updated to use this
> default install scheme and they all work together. And also if you
> follow the default location for the documentation GPS will be able to
> find them automatically and they will appear into the Help menu.
>
> As I said I think it would be better to stick to the GNAT default setup.

Maybe symlinks can come to the rescue to provide interoperability.

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.