Re: Ada cross-compiler (Windows) to Android

[Brian Drummond <brian@shapes.demon.co.uk>]

On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:08:21 -0700, jrmarino wrote:

> On Jul 7, 11:57 pm, Brian Drummond <br...@shapes.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> On Thu, 07 Jul 2011 08:58:01 -0700, Rego, P. wrote:
>> > So, is there any Ada cross-compiler for
>> > Android, 

>> keep an eye on this page...
>>
>> http://www.dragonlace.net/
>>
> Brian,
> I maintain the DragonLace site and I built an Android cross-compiler as
> you noted.  You can not do this with stock gcc sources.  GNAT-AUX is a
> separate repository to gcc (maintained in parallel) and I added code
> that allows gnat to work on Android.

In short (if possible!) what is missing from stock GCC sources to prevent 
this? 
Could the code you added be available in e.g. the form of patches to 
apply to stock GCC?

I see that GCC4.7 is supposed to add Android as a target (but I don't 
know if that just means C/C++ rather than Gnat)

> This effort is not dead.  I was basically waiting to buy an Android
> table when I fly back to the States in a couple of weeks.  

Glad to hear it! Is there anything a complete outsider (running Linux not 
*bsd) can do to help?

> The first compiler I produced was NetBSD->Android, but I could easily
> use FreeBSD, DragonFlyBSD, OpenBSD, or OpenSolaris as the host OS.  I
> don't see producing a windows version of GNAT-AUX though.

hopefully Linux will be on the list...

Thanks,
- Brian