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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e994501f4ce77c5e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-14 14:28:59 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.cis.ohio-state.edu!nntp.service.ohio-state.edu!not-for-mail From: "hongxun lee" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: free Ada compiler ? Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 17:28:07 -0500 Organization: Ohio State University Sender: lee.1801@dhcp065-025-142-146.columbus.rr.com Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp065-025-142-146.columbus.rr.com X-Trace: charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu 1011047339 8712 65.25.142.146 (14 Jan 2002 22:28:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@osu.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: 14 Jan 2002 22:28:59 GMT X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18918 Date: 2002-01-14T22:28:59+00:00 List-Id: > Cygwin is a Unix environment for MS-Windows, implementing all the Gnu > tools. See http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin. It works quite well, but > ACT decided to use a different approach to implement GNAT on Windows. > So 'gnat-3.13p-i686-pc-linux-gnu-bin' is definitely *not* for Cygwin? Thanks "Stephen Leake" wrote in message news:uelktdm4g.fsf@gsfc.nasa.gov... > "Thomas Mueller" writes: > > > On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 14:06:37 -0500, hongxun lee wrote: > > > Is there such a unix version compiler (better can be installed on Cygwin) ? > > > > There is GNAT, available for Linux i386 and a few other Unixes, > > MS-Windows and OpenVMS too. I am not familiar with Cygwin. > > Cygwin is a Unix environment for MS-Windows, implementing all the Gnu > tools. See http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin. It works quite well, but > ACT decided to use a different approach to implement GNAT on Windows. > > > Does anybody know if GNAT can be cross-compiled for a platform where > > there is no GNAT binary currently available? For instance, Linux on > > non-i386, or NetBSD on i386 and non-i386. > > Yes, GNAT can be built as a cross-compiler. That is the only way to > put it on a platform for which you do not have a binary. However, you > must know what you are doing, and the build instructions that come > with the source are not particularly helpful; it can take some > experimentation. This situation may improve when GNAT is released on > gcc 3.1. > > -- > -- Stephe