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Subject: Re: How to leave .ali files in original library?
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On 03/09/2011 11:00 AM, localhost@example.org wrote:
>
> My question after that is how I can stop all the .ali files from being
> regenerated in my working directory. They're all in ncurses/lib/ada/adalib
> already do they really have to be rebuilt/copied into my working directory?
> I seem to remember a way of avoiding this but I can't find it now. The .o
> files are also being built. I realize this has to happen but can't it be
> done in the adalib directory instead of every directory I build an Ada
> ncurses program? In other words why should the object files be created over
> and over again.

If you read the top-secret GNAT documentation, you will find that the trick is 
to make the .ali files read only.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"Sir Robin the not-quite-so-brave-as-Sir-Lancelot,
who had nearly fought the Dragon of Angnor,
who nearly stood up to the vicious Chicken of Bristol,
and who had personally wet himself at the
Battle of Badon Hill."
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
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