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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: gnat GPL 2010 or gcc/ada?
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onox writes on comp.lang.ada:
> In my opinion Gentoo doesn't really have good Ada support. Latest
> version of gnat-gcc is 4.3.4 and of gnat-gpl is 4.1.3.2008-r1. And
> (according to the ChangeLog files) most Ada packages seem to be quite
> old. I found it easier to just download gnat-gpl 2010 from ACT's
> website. (If I could run VM's, I would develop in a Debian or *BSD VM)

You don't need a VM, you can install Debian in a chroot on your Gentoo
or other system.  See
http://lists.debian.org/debian-ada/2010/02/msg00003.html

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Ludovic Brenta.