Re: Ada compiler

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

Duncan Sands writes:
> On Wednesday 14 April 2004 15:59, Ludovic Brenta wrote:
> > Sergey said:
> > > Ok, I don't know exactly but the only thing that I can said for
> > > certain - it isn't that good. I've tried to compile aws-1.4.0 using
> > > 3.2.3. Compilation finished well, but regression tests have badly
> > > failed...
> >
> > Have you filed problem reports in GCC's bugzilla?  This kind of
> > information, if detailed, is very valuable, especially if the problems
> > are regressions since 3.15p.
> >
> > I just received a bunch of very detailed bug reports for 3.15p.  Since
> > 3.15p doesn't have a public bug database, I'll file them in the Debian
> > bug tracking system for all to see.  Time permitting, I'll do this over
> > this and next weeks.
> 
> Hi Ludovic, gcc 3.2.3 is horribly out of date, so wouldn't it be
> pointless to file bug reports against it?  Better to use gcc from
> CVS.

It is true that GCC 3.2.3 is a bit old, but 3.3.x is not much better
as far as Ada is concerned.  Filing bug reports against 3.2.3 and
trying to reproduce them on 3.3.x and 3.4 would be a tremendous help
for GCC developers.

Moreover, several GNU/Linux distributions still in widespread use ship
GCC 3.2.x (e.g. Red Hat 9, Slackware 9.1, Debian Sarge, and Red Hat
Enterprise Linux which Sergey, the OP, uses).

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.