Re: GNAT 3.01 Source For OS/2

[dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)]

Keith said:

 >it will give you an empty listing, as if there were nothing there.
 >If, however, you do this:
 >
 >   cd /pub/gnat/private/old
 >   dir
 >
 >Robert: it might be a good idea to put the "old" directory directly under
 >"/pub/gnat" rather than "hiding" it in "private".

Yes, of course that is how private directories work, and this is why
the directions *quite clearly* say to go to /pub/gnat/private/old:
This is from the README:

  Old source and binaries of GNAT have been moved to pub/gnat/private/old
  on cs.nyu.edu in order not to clutter up the main pub/gnat directory and
  not to be picked up by mirror sites. If for some reason you need to
  retrieve any of these old versions, that is where they can be found.

This is because many of the mirror sites have limited space, and we felt
that a single generally accessible copy of the old sources is sufficient.
Sorry for "hiding" the information in the documentation like this, I know
that's not fair to those who really don't want to read documentation :-)