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On Mar 24, 9:12=A0am, Martin <martin.do...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
> On 24 Mar, 06:42, a...@anon.org (anon) wrote:
>
> > I was talking about the files in gnat-gpl-2008-src.tgz which contains
> > GPRMAKE.
>
> > Since Robert Duff states that GPRMAKE is obsolete then why is GPRMAKE
> > still there?
>
> Backwards compatibility...same as Annex J. Can you image the hassle
> and bad-will you'd generate with your customers by just 'pulling' a
> tool?

If you build gcc-4.3 you won't find gprmake. It's a simple matter to
get it to build (edit a Maiefile.in, ISTR). However, gprbuild is easy
enough to get (works just fine on Mac OS X, BTW).