Compiling GNU Ada sources on Solaris 8

Compiling GNU Ada sources on Solaris 8

[F.Dreger]

Hello,

I need to compile the GNAT ver. 3.13 on Solaris 8.
I have compiled and installed gcc 3.0 and now I want to compile ada too.
To do this I need gcc (OK) and
a previous working version of ada! (There is a circular dependency).

I've been searching for a while for the sources of a previous Gnat
version but with no success.
Also, I did not succeed in finding al least a binary distribution for
Solaris 8 (to use as a 'bootstrap').

Any ideas of where I can find any of the above.

Thanks in advance
Cosimo

Re: Compiling GNU Ada sources on Solaris 8

[Gerhard H�ring]

"F.Dreger" <cgreco@esoc.esa.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:3B4EE886.5FB38FA5@esoc.esa.de...
> Hello,
>
> I need to compile the GNAT ver. 3.13 on Solaris 8.
> I have compiled and installed gcc 3.0 and now I want to compile ada too.
> To do this I need gcc (OK)

I am pretty sure you need exactly version 2.8.1 of gcc, certainly 3.0 won't
work.

> and
> a previous working version of ada! (There is a circular dependency).

If this is for Solaris x86, there was a binary version announced on this
newsgroup a few days ago. Thread "GNAT 3.13p build for Solaris 8_x86".

If all you want a binary version of GNAT for Solaris/SPARC, there is one at

ftp://ftp.cs.nyu.edu/pub/gnat/3.13p/gnat-3.13p-sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1-bin.ta
r.gz

But 2.5.1 binaries do work on Solaris 8, don't they?

Gerhard

Re: Compiling GNU Ada sources on Solaris 8

[Colin Paul Gloster]

In article <9in4fu$nbg$1@news.space.net>, Gerhard H�ring wrote:
""F.Dreger" <cgreco@esoc.esa.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
  news:3B4EE886.5FB38FA5@esoc.esa.de...
 > Hello,
 >
 > I need to compile the GNAT ver. 3.13 on Solaris 8.
 > I have compiled and installed gcc 3.0 and now I want to compile ada too.
 > To do this I need gcc (OK)
  
  I am pretty sure you need exactly version 2.8.1 of gcc, certainly 3.0 won't
  work.
  
 > and
 > a previous working version of ada! (There is a circular dependency).
  
  If this is for Solaris x86, there was a binary version announced on this
  newsgroup a few days ago. Thread "GNAT 3.13p build for Solaris 8_x86".
  
  If all you want a binary version of GNAT for Solaris/SPARC, there is one at
  
  ftp://ftp.cs.nyu.edu/pub/gnat/3.13p/gnat-3.13p-sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1-bin.tar.gz
  
  But 2.5.1 binaries do work on Solaris 8, don't they?
  
  Gerhard"

From ftp://cs.nyu.edu/pub/gnat/README :
"[..]

UPDATE NEWS::

[..]

gnat 3.13p is now available

Version 3.13p release:
   The binary distribution is now available for the following
configurations:
[..]
      sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1 (will also run on solaris 2.5, 2.6, 7, 8)
[..]

The 3.13p binaries and source can be found in the 3.13p directory.
The older 3.12p binaries and source can be found in the 3.12p directory.

All binaries are built on top of GCC 2.8.1.

Full documentation is now available:
    gnat-3.13p-docs.tar.gz (documentation in ascii, html, postscript,
texi)
[..]"

Re: Compiling GNU Ada sources on Solaris 8

[Sune Falck]

"F.Dreger" <cgreco@esoc.esa.de> wrote in message > 
> I need to compile the GNAT ver. 3.13 on Solaris 8.

If the target platform is Sparc why not use 
gnat-3.13p-sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1-bin.tar.gz from
ftp://ftp.cs.nyu.edu/pub/gnat/3.13p/.

It works on Solaris 8 as far as I now.

Sune Falck