GNAT GPL 2011 on Lion

GNAT GPL 2011 on Lion

[Bill Findlay]

... Or the perils of being an early adopter.

I'm trying to run GNAT GPL 2011 under MacOS X 10.7, "Lion",
released yesterday.  The Ada compilation itself seem to be OK,
but I fall at this hurdle:

"gcc: error trying to exec 'as': execvp: No such file or directory"

This might be just a pathname issue, or something more serious.
Can anyone suggest a cause or a fix?

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Re: GNAT GPL 2011 on Lion

[Simon Wright]

Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:

> ... Or the perils of being an early adopter.
>
> I'm trying to run GNAT GPL 2011 under MacOS X 10.7, "Lion",
> released yesterday.  The Ada compilation itself seem to be OK,
> but I fall at this hurdle:
>
> "gcc: error trying to exec 'as': execvp: No such file or directory"
>
> This might be just a pathname issue, or something more serious.
> Can anyone suggest a cause or a fix?

I wonder whether we need a new Xcode as well as the OS? (I had my
fingers crossed as I updated, perhaps I should have crossed my toes as
well)

Re: GNAT GPL 2011 on Lion

[Simon Wright]

Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org> writes:

> Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
>
>> ... Or the perils of being an early adopter.
>>
>> I'm trying to run GNAT GPL 2011 under MacOS X 10.7, "Lion",
>> released yesterday.  The Ada compilation itself seem to be OK,
>> but I fall at this hurdle:
>>
>> "gcc: error trying to exec 'as': execvp: No such file or directory"
>>
>> This might be just a pathname issue, or something more serious.
>> Can anyone suggest a cause or a fix?
>
> I wonder whether we need a new Xcode as well as the OS? (I had my
> fingers crossed as I updated, perhaps I should have crossed my toes as
> well)

OK, going for Xcode 4.1, free download from Mac App Store ...

Re: GNAT GPL 2011 on Lion

[Bill Findlay]

On 21/07/2011 20:12, in article m239hz1m8p.fsf@pushface.org, "Simon Wright"
<simon@pushface.org> wrote:

> Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org> writes:
> 
>> Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
>> 
>>> ... Or the perils of being an early adopter.
>>> 
>>> I'm trying to run GNAT GPL 2011 under MacOS X 10.7, "Lion",
>>> released yesterday.  The Ada compilation itself seem to be OK,
>>> but I fall at this hurdle:
>>> 
>>> "gcc: error trying to exec 'as': execvp: No such file or directory"
>>> 
>>> This might be just a pathname issue, or something more serious.
>>> Can anyone suggest a cause or a fix?
>> 
>> I wonder whether we need a new Xcode as well as the OS? (I had my
>> fingers crossed as I updated, perhaps I should have crossed my toes as
>> well)
> 
> OK, going for Xcode 4.1, free download from Mac App Store ...

Ditto, but it needs Java, which is another download , taking its time ...

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Re: GNAT GPL 2011 on Lion

[Bill Findlay]

On 21/07/2011 20:17, in article CA4E39BC.EAEF%yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk,
"(see below)" <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> On 21/07/2011 20:12, in article m239hz1m8p.fsf@pushface.org, "Simon Wright"
> <simon@pushface.org> wrote:
> 
>> Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org> writes:
>> 
>>> Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
>>> 
>>>> ... Or the perils of being an early adopter.
>>>> 
>>>> I'm trying to run GNAT GPL 2011 under MacOS X 10.7, "Lion",
>>>> released yesterday.  The Ada compilation itself seem to be OK,
>>>> but I fall at this hurdle:
>>>> 
>>>> "gcc: error trying to exec 'as': execvp: No such file or directory"
>>>> 
>>>> This might be just a pathname issue, or something more serious.
>>>> Can anyone suggest a cause or a fix?
>>> 
>>> I wonder whether we need a new Xcode as well as the OS? (I had my
>>> fingers crossed as I updated, perhaps I should have crossed my toes as
>>> well)
>> 
>> OK, going for Xcode 4.1, free download from Mac App Store ...
> 
> Ditto, but it needs Java, which is another download , taking its time ...

And seems to have had no effect. 8-(

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Re: GNAT GPL 2011 on Lion

[Simon Wright]

Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:

> On 21/07/2011 20:17, in article CA4E39BC.EAEF%yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk,
> "(see below)" <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 21/07/2011 20:12, in article m239hz1m8p.fsf@pushface.org, "Simon Wright"
>> <simon@pushface.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org> writes:
>>> 
>>>> Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
>>>> 
>>>>> ... Or the perils of being an early adopter.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm trying to run GNAT GPL 2011 under MacOS X 10.7, "Lion",
>>>>> released yesterday.  The Ada compilation itself seem to be OK,
>>>>> but I fall at this hurdle:
>>>>> 
>>>>> "gcc: error trying to exec 'as': execvp: No such file or directory"
>>>>> 
>>>>> This might be just a pathname issue, or something more serious.
>>>>> Can anyone suggest a cause or a fix?
>>>> 
>>>> I wonder whether we need a new Xcode as well as the OS? (I had my
>>>> fingers crossed as I updated, perhaps I should have crossed my toes as
>>>> well)
>>> 
>>> OK, going for Xcode 4.1, free download from Mac App Store ...
>> 
>> Ditto, but it needs Java, which is another download , taking its time ...
>
> And seems to have had no effect. 8-(

Still installing Xcode here .. App Store was temporarily broken, it
said. Also, when App Store says "installed" what it means is it's put
all 3 Gb of 'Install Xcode' in the Applications directory, waiting for
you to actually run it. Grr.

Re: GNAT GPL 2011 on Lion

[Phil Clayton]

On Jul 21, 7:43 pm, Bill Findlay <yaldni...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> ... Or the perils of being an early adopter.
>
> I'm trying to run GNAT GPL 2011 under MacOS X 10.7, "Lion",
> released yesterday.  The Ada compilation itself seem to be OK,
> but I fall at this hurdle:
>
> "gcc: error trying to exec 'as': execvp: No such file or directory"
>
> This might be just a pathname issue, or something more serious.
> Can anyone suggest a cause or a fix?

Found this:
http://www.macresearch.org/error_trying_to_exec_as_execvp_no_such_file_or_directory

The crucial comment in that case appears to be:
"I had already downloaded Xcode --- but I hadn't clicked on
XcodeTools.mpkg"
but that was 4 years ago.

Phil

Re: GNAT GPL 2011 on Lion

[Simon Wright]

Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org> writes:

> Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
>
>> On 21/07/2011 20:17, in article CA4E39BC.EAEF%yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk,
>> "(see below)" <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> On 21/07/2011 20:12, in article m239hz1m8p.fsf@pushface.org, "Simon Wright"
>>> <simon@pushface.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org> writes:
>>>> 
>>>>> Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> ... Or the perils of being an early adopter.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I'm trying to run GNAT GPL 2011 under MacOS X 10.7, "Lion",
>>>>>> released yesterday.  The Ada compilation itself seem to be OK,
>>>>>> but I fall at this hurdle:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> "gcc: error trying to exec 'as': execvp: No such file or directory"
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> This might be just a pathname issue, or something more serious.
>>>>>> Can anyone suggest a cause or a fix?
>>>>> 
>>>>> I wonder whether we need a new Xcode as well as the OS? (I had my
>>>>> fingers crossed as I updated, perhaps I should have crossed my toes as
>>>>> well)
>>>> 
>>>> OK, going for Xcode 4.1, free download from Mac App Store ...
>>> 
>>> Ditto, but it needs Java, which is another download , taking its time ...
>>
>> And seems to have had no effect. 8-(
>
> Still installing Xcode here .. App Store was temporarily broken, it
> said. Also, when App Store says "installed" what it means is it's put
> all 3 Gb of 'Install Xcode' in the Applications directory, waiting for
> you to actually run it. Grr.

I had to reinstall ply (lex and yacc in Python), because we now are
running Python 2.7, and Java, because my code generator needs them. But
otherwise, no problems.

My build environment uses Emacs and the command line only.

Re: GNAT GPL 2011 on Lion

[Bill Findlay]

On 21/07/2011 23:48, in article m2k4bbi72v.fsf@pushface.org, "Simon Wright"
<simon@pushface.org> wrote:

> Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org> writes:
> 
>> Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
>> 
>>> On 21/07/2011 20:17, in article CA4E39BC.EAEF%yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk,
>>> "(see below)" <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 21/07/2011 20:12, in article m239hz1m8p.fsf@pushface.org, "Simon Wright"
>>>> <simon@pushface.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org> writes:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> ... Or the perils of being an early adopter.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I'm trying to run GNAT GPL 2011 under MacOS X 10.7, "Lion",
>>>>>>> released yesterday.  The Ada compilation itself seem to be OK,
>>>>>>> but I fall at this hurdle:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> "gcc: error trying to exec 'as': execvp: No such file or directory"
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> This might be just a pathname issue, or something more serious.
>>>>>>> Can anyone suggest a cause or a fix?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I wonder whether we need a new Xcode as well as the OS? (I had my
>>>>>> fingers crossed as I updated, perhaps I should have crossed my toes as
>>>>>> well)
>>>>> 
>>>>> OK, going for Xcode 4.1, free download from Mac App Store ...
>>>> 
>>>> Ditto, but it needs Java, which is another download , taking its time ...
>>> 
>>> And seems to have had no effect. 8-(
>> 
>> Still installing Xcode here .. App Store was temporarily broken, it
>> said. Also, when App Store says "installed" what it means is it's put
>> all 3 Gb of 'Install Xcode' in the Applications directory, waiting for
>> you to actually run it. Grr.
> 
> I had to reinstall ply (lex and yacc in Python), because we now are
> running Python 2.7, and Java, because my code generator needs them. But
> otherwise, no problems.

Do you mean that having done that, Ada is now operational?

> My build environment uses Emacs and the command line only.

BBEdit and command line only here.

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Re: GNAT GPL 2011 on Lion

[Bill Findlay]

On 22/07/2011 00:11, in article CA4E70AD.EB34%yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk,
"(see below)" <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> On 21/07/2011 23:48, in article m2k4bbi72v.fsf@pushface.org, "Simon Wright"
> <simon@pushface.org> wrote:
> 
>> Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org> writes:
>> 
>>> Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
>>> 
>>>> On 21/07/2011 20:17, in article CA4E39BC.EAEF%yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk,
>>>> "(see below)" <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On 21/07/2011 20:12, in article m239hz1m8p.fsf@pushface.org, "Simon
>>>>> Wright"
>>>>> <simon@pushface.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org> writes:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> ... Or the perils of being an early adopter.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I'm trying to run GNAT GPL 2011 under MacOS X 10.7, "Lion",
>>>>>>>> released yesterday.  The Ada compilation itself seem to be OK,
>>>>>>>> but I fall at this hurdle:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> "gcc: error trying to exec 'as': execvp: No such file or directory"
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> This might be just a pathname issue, or something more serious.
>>>>>>>> Can anyone suggest a cause or a fix?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I wonder whether we need a new Xcode as well as the OS? (I had my
>>>>>>> fingers crossed as I updated, perhaps I should have crossed my toes as
>>>>>>> well)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> OK, going for Xcode 4.1, free download from Mac App Store ...
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ditto, but it needs Java, which is another download , taking its time ...
>>>> 
>>>> And seems to have had no effect. 8-(
>>> 
>>> Still installing Xcode here .. App Store was temporarily broken, it
>>> said. Also, when App Store says "installed" what it means is it's put
>>> all 3 Gb of 'Install Xcode' in the Applications directory, waiting for
>>> you to actually run it. Grr.
>> 
>> I had to reinstall ply (lex and yacc in Python), because we now are
>> running Python 2.7, and Java, because my code generator needs them. But
>> otherwise, no problems.
> 
> Do you mean that having done that, Ada is now operational?

Replying to my self, having completed the installation at last:
Yes, it does mean that GNAT GPL 2011 works under Lion, at any rate for the 3
large programs I have now successfully compiled and run.

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Re: GNAT GPL 2011 on Lion

[Simon Wright]

Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:

> On 22/07/2011 00:11, in article CA4E70AD.EB34%yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk,
> "(see below)" <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 21/07/2011 23:48, in article m2k4bbi72v.fsf@pushface.org, "Simon Wright"
>> <simon@pushface.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org> writes:
>>> 
>>>> Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
>>>> 
>>>>> On 21/07/2011 20:17, in article CA4E39BC.EAEF%yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk,
>>>>> "(see below)" <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 21/07/2011 20:12, in article m239hz1m8p.fsf@pushface.org, "Simon
>>>>>> Wright"
>>>>>> <simon@pushface.org> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org> writes:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> ... Or the perils of being an early adopter.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I'm trying to run GNAT GPL 2011 under MacOS X 10.7, "Lion",
>>>>>>>>> released yesterday.  The Ada compilation itself seem to be OK,
>>>>>>>>> but I fall at this hurdle:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> "gcc: error trying to exec 'as': execvp: No such file or directory"
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> This might be just a pathname issue, or something more serious.
>>>>>>>>> Can anyone suggest a cause or a fix?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I wonder whether we need a new Xcode as well as the OS? (I had my
>>>>>>>> fingers crossed as I updated, perhaps I should have crossed my toes as
>>>>>>>> well)
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> OK, going for Xcode 4.1, free download from Mac App Store ...
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Ditto, but it needs Java, which is another download , taking its time ...
>>>>> 
>>>>> And seems to have had no effect. 8-(
>>>> 
>>>> Still installing Xcode here .. App Store was temporarily broken, it
>>>> said. Also, when App Store says "installed" what it means is it's put
>>>> all 3 Gb of 'Install Xcode' in the Applications directory, waiting for
>>>> you to actually run it. Grr.
>>> 
>>> I had to reinstall ply (lex and yacc in Python), because we now are
>>> running Python 2.7, and Java, because my code generator needs them. But
>>> otherwise, no problems.
>> 
>> Do you mean that having done that, Ada is now operational?
>
> Replying to my self, having completed the installation at last:
> Yes, it does mean that GNAT GPL 2011 works under Lion, at any rate for the 3
> large programs I have now successfully compiled and run.

Sorry! Yes, experience here is the same; the Xcode download is enough on
its own to get GCC 4.6.0 working for a large-ish program.

Good to hear that GNAT GPL 2011 is also OK (it will take a little
longer for me to do that test).

Re: GNAT GPL 2011 on Lion

[Bill Findlay]

On 22/07/2011 10:22, in article m2fwlyisak.fsf@pushface.org, "Simon Wright"
<simon@pushface.org> wrote:

> Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
> 
>> Replying to my self, having completed the installation at last:
>> Yes, it does mean that GNAT GPL 2011 works under Lion, at any rate for the 3
>> large programs I have now successfully compiled and run.
> 
> Sorry! Yes, experience here is the same; the Xcode download is enough on
> its own to get GCC 4.6.0 working for a large-ish program.
> 
> Good to hear that GNAT GPL 2011 is also OK (it will take a little
> longer for me to do that test).

Hi Simon, that remark was not aimed at your good self, but at my lack of
restraint in posting when I had nothing very useful to say. 8-)

All's well that ends well.

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