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From: Robert Matthews <ignore@ramatthews.free-online.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: How to leave .ali files in original library?
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Jeffrey Carter wrote:

> 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.
> 

I also use the "-i" switch with gnatmake.

Bob Matthews