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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: text tools
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:12:13 -0700 (PDT)
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Rib Solomon wrote on comp.lang.ada:
[on Ubuntu 9.04]
[lots snipped]
> windows.adb:(.text+0x386af): undefined reference to `CDesktop'
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> gnatlink: error when calling /usr/bin/gcc-4.3
> gnatmake: *** link failed.
>
> [2009-10-18 15:48:54] process exited with status4 (elapsed time:
20.64s)
>
> The following is the contents of my basic.gpr file
> basic.gpr
> project Basic is
>
> =A0 =A0for Source_Dirs use ("./**",
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 "/usr/share/ada/adainclud=
e/texttools/**");
> =A0 =A0for Main use ("basic.adb");
> =A0 =A0package Builder is
> =A0 =A0 =A0 for Default_Switches ("Ada") use ("-x");
> =A0 =A0end Builder;
> =A0 =A0package Compiler is
> =A0 =A0 =A0for Switches("basic") use ("-x");
> =A0 =A0end Compiler;
> =A0 =A0package Linker is
> =A0 =A0 =A0 for Default_Switches ("Ada") use ("-lm",
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 "-lcurses");
> =A0 =A0end Linker;
>
> end Basic;

This is wrong and is almost certainly the cause for all your problems.
Please read the contents of /usr/share/ada/adainclude/texttools.gpr
for instructions on how to properly use the installed package. For
background information, please read the Debian Policy for Ada[1],
chapter 5 "Using shared libraries".

[1] http://people.debian.org/~lbrenta/debian-ada-policy.html#Using-shared-l=
ibraries

Also, you should not have the sources of TextTools in your home
directory, only the examples you wish to compile.

By the way, I have been looking for a new maintainer for this package
for 18 months now. If nobody steps up, I will request removal of this
package and it will not be in the next release of Debian, to be frozen
in March 2010 and released some time later.

--
Ludovic Brenta.