Question about alire

Question about alire

[reinert]

Hello,

I am newbe on using alire. I installed "alr" and it functions as hoped for.

Q1: 
where is the the compiler? As part of "alr"?

Q2: 
"alr toolchain" gives:
 CRATE       VERSION       STATUS    NOTES                               
 gprbuild    22.0.1        Default                                           
 gprbuild    2021.0.0+0778 Available Provided by system package: gprbuild
 gnat_native 12.1.2        Default     

Where do I find overview on what is in "gnat_native 12.1.2" (I assume it is the latest compiler version). Many Ada 2022 features there?

Q3:
How do I keep updated with the latest version (of the compiler)?

reinert

      

Re: Question about alire

[Simon Wright]

reinert <reinkor@gmail.com> writes:

> I am newbe on using alire. I installed "alr" and it functions as hoped
> for.

Great!

> Q1: 
> where is the the compiler? As part of "alr"?

You can find it (on a Unix machine, not sure about Windows) by

  alr exec -- which gcc
  
If (again) you're on a Unix machine, it'll be under
~/.config/alire/cache/dependencies.

> Q2: 
> "alr toolchain" gives:
>  CRATE       VERSION       STATUS    NOTES                               
>  gprbuild    22.0.1        Default                                           
>  gprbuild    2021.0.0+0778 Available Provided by system package: gprbuild
>  gnat_native 12.1.2        Default     
>
> Where do I find overview on what is in "gnat_native 12.1.2" (I assume
> it is the latest compiler version). Many Ada 2022 features there?

See https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-12/changes.html (scroll down to the Ada section).

> Q3:
> How do I keep updated with the latest version (of the compiler)?

I _think_

  alr index --update-all
  alr toolchain --select

should do it

Re: Question about alire

[reinert]

lørdag 10. september 2022 kl. 10:07:25 UTC+2 skrev Simon Wright:
> reinert <rei...@gmail.com> writes: 
> 
> > I am newbe on using alire. I installed "alr" and it functions as hoped 
> > for.
> Great!
> > Q1: 
> > where is the the compiler? As part of "alr"?
> You can find it (on a Unix machine, not sure about Windows) by 
> 
> alr exec -- which gcc 
> 
> If (again) you're on a Unix machine, it'll be under 
> ~/.config/alire/cache/dependencies.
> > Q2: 
> > "alr toolchain" gives: 
> > CRATE VERSION STATUS NOTES 
> > gprbuild 22.0.1 Default 
> > gprbuild 2021.0.0+0778 Available Provided by system package: gprbuild 
> > gnat_native 12.1.2 Default 
> > 
> > Where do I find overview on what is in "gnat_native 12.1.2" (I assume 
> > it is the latest compiler version). Many Ada 2022 features there?
> See https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-12/changes.html (scroll down to the Ada section).
> > Q3: 
> > How do I keep updated with the latest version (of the compiler)?
> I _think_ 
> 
> alr index --update-all 
> alr toolchain --select 
> 
> should do it

Got it :-)