Re: Running Ada programs under Condor?

["Brian Catlin" <brianc@sannas.org>]

"Ted Dennison" <dennison@telepath.com> wrote in message
news:96vI7.24288$xS6.38177@www.newsranger.com...
> In article <9ssnmp$am9$1@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>, Bobby D. Bryant says...
> >
> >feature (to migrate running jobs between machinces), which requires
> >running a Condor-provided wrapper to the compiler (to link in the
> >checkpoint stuff, I suppose).  No Ada compilers are listed, but since
> >gcc is, and since I'm laboring under the assumption that GNAT is "built
> >on" gcc, I'm hoping that the Condor components can be linked in to
> >replace gcc modules, rather than any GNAT-specific modules.
>
> Gnat is indeed build on gcc. However, its currently a rather old version of
gcc
> (2.8.1 on the latest public version). Depending on exactly what that wrapper
> does, that may cause you trouble.
>
> The next major revision of gcc will support Gnat, so this problem (if it is a
> problem) should go away in a while.

As I recall, GCC 3.1 (with GNAT Ada support) is scheduled for release
mid-February

 -Brian