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From: Samuel Tardieu <sam@ada.eu.org>
Subject: Re: How do I "bootstrap" myself up a GNAT compiler in FreeBSD?
Date: 1998/09/24
Date: 1998-09-24T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pvcmdiyd.fsf@zaphod.enst.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 6ucde5$oeq$1@agate.berkeley.edu

>>>>> "Gerald" == Gerald Leung <gerald@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> writes:

Gerald> For anyone here who uses FreeBSD, gnat is in the ports
Gerald> collection listed as a translator though as I understand it it
Gerald> actually IS a full compiler or most of a full one.

Historical misnaming :)

Gerald> However, when attempting to install the port for gnat 3.10 it
Gerald> says I need a gcc that already has Ada capability.  What I'm
Gerald> wondering is how I manage that. ^^ Should I be looking for a
Gerald> 3.09 or earlier version that can be installed whole or...?

If you install 3.09 (binary distribution), you should be able to
bootstrap 3.10p.

On the other hand, I've heard success report of a bootstrap occurring
in Linux compatibility mode.

  Sam
-- 
Samuel Tardieu -- sam@ada.eu.org




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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1998-09-24  0:00 How do I "bootstrap" myself up a GNAT compiler in FreeBSD? Gerald Leung
1998-09-24  0:00 ` Samuel Tardieu [this message]
1998-09-24  0:00 ` Jonathan Guthrie
1998-09-24  0:00 ` dewarr
1998-09-24  0:00 ` dewarr
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