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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: Another Mac Ada Problem
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 11:20:45 +0000
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csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) writes:

> I've been messing around with Ada on my old Mac G4, running OS X
> 10.4.11, for a long time, using vi, and emacs. My G4 died an I replaced
> it with a G5 (love the PPC) running 10.5.8. When I now attempt to
> compile, I get
>
>      gcc -c -g -IUtilities trimmer.adb
>      gcc: error trying to exec 'as': execvp: No such file or directory
>
> Poking around, I don't see a newer version of GNAT for 10.5.8. Although
> I had good backup (I thought) before the G4 died, file recovery was a
> laborious process and I could have made mistakes. (As a matter of fact,
> I'm trying to write a little tool to help in checking that recovery.)

You need the Command Line Tools. I don't remember whether they were
available as a separate download at 10.5, or whether they were an
optional part of Xcode, or whether they were automatically installed
with it.