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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ea451393a6c97734 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-04-23 21:38:11 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!unlnews.unl.edu!newsfeed.ksu.edu!nntp.ksu.edu!news.okstate.edu!dvdeug From: dvdeug@x8b4e53cd.dhcp.okstate.edu (David Starner) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Mixing Cygnus & Gnat compilers on the same machine Date: 23 Apr 2001 18:50:14 GMT Organization: Oklahoma State University Message-ID: <9c1th6$aai1@news.cis.okstate.edu> References: <9bkd51$530$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3ADDEEAA.D8F16935@bigfoot.de> <9bkt30$asm$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3ADE4B03.68BA6651@bigfoot.de> <9bmphh$1jt$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9bpfgk$1gb$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9c1gmg$p55$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3AE45854.DA5ECDC3@silver.jhuapl.edu> Reply-To: dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org NNTP-Posting-Host: x8b4e53d6.dhcp.okstate.edu User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.0 (Linux) Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:6874 Date: 2001-04-23T18:50:14+00:00 List-Id: On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Scott Ingram wrote: > For example it is relatively easy to have two or more versions of > gcc in the same tree. (Examine the "-V" option.) I don't think that feature has ever worked very well for non-C languages, and I think they've deprecated it even for C. Letting arbitrary versions of the frontend call arbitrary versions of the internal programs was causing problems with the wrong options being set and the wrong libraries being linked. -- David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org Pointless website: http://dvdeug.dhis.org "I don't care if Bill personally has my name and reads my email and laughs at me. In fact, I'd be rather honored." - Joseph_Greg