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From: Martin <martin.dowie@btopenworld.com>
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Subject: Re: Still no GNATbench for OS X in GNAT GPL 2011
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:24:31 -0700 (PDT)
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On Jun 17, 12:23=A0am, Jerry <lancebo...@qwest.net> wrote:
> The announcements of GNAT GPL 2011, including the public announcements
> and the one sent to my e-mail account, promise several improvements
> including new widgets for GtkAda and an improved version of GNATbench,
> the Eclipse plug-in. Yet OS X comes up short, missing (still)
> GNATbench and GtkAda entirely. In fact, the list of missing items from
> the AdaCore download page relative to Linux totals six items: AJIS,
> AWS, Florist, GNATbench, GtkAda, and PolyORB.
>
> Maybe someone can explain this to me so that I don't feel quite so
> pissy. In particular, I would like to check out GNATbench, but
> building it from Linux source is not something I want to do. (I tried
> it once.)
>
> I know it's impolite to complain about the inadequacy of something
> that is free, but still....
>
> Jerry

I think that as MAC OS is a BSD Unix variant, you may be able to pick
up the Linux versions and use them. I'm sure I've built AWS at least
like this.

-- Martin