From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.70.63.41 with SMTP id d9mr9561291pds.5.1415379043923; Fri, 07 Nov 2014 08:50:43 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.50.79.132 with SMTP id j4mr63424igx.11.1415379043801; Fri, 07 Nov 2014 08:50:43 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!r10no5158117igi.0!news-out.google.com!c9ni6612igv.0!nntp.google.com!r10no5158112igi.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 08:50:43 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <520f8f3d-b345-4ef8-ac41-ead78edde92a@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=66.126.103.122; posting-account=KSa2aQoAAACOxnC0usBJYX8NE3x3a1Xq NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.126.103.122 References: <520f8f3d-b345-4ef8-ac41-ead78edde92a@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <92cf9a5a-52f7-4174-85b6-2629ba21d059@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Can .ads be compiled alone? From: Adam Beneschan Injection-Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 16:50:43 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:23065 Date: 2014-11-07T08:50:43-08:00 List-Id: On Thursday, November 6, 2014 9:21:38 PM UTC-8, moixa wrote: > Newbie question. >=20 > I have only two files, machinery_1_3.ads [1] and machinery_1_3.adb [2], i= n some directory, when I `gnat compile machinery_1_3.ads`, it told me compi= le error, (but no further information). Did it actually say "compile error"? I get a very different message when I= try it, and that message *is* further information. Specifically, I get th= is: cannot generate code for file machinery_1_3.ads (package spec) to check package spec for errors, use -gnatc When asking a question (either here or on StackOverflow), it's very helpful= to include the exact message you're getting when asking about an error. T= he error message (and/or warning message, and/or exception message, and/or = stack trace) is very useful information, and I cannot understand why so man= y questioners (especially on StackOverflow) omit this information when aski= ng for help. (And, in some cases, won't provide it until people ask multip= le times.) -- Adam