Another Mac Ada Problem

Another Mac Ada Problem

[Charles H. Sampson]

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.)

Any ideas?

Charlie
-- 
Nobody in this country got rich on his own.  You built a factory--good.
But you moved your goods on roads we all paid for.  You hired workers we
all paid to educate. So keep a big hunk of the money from your factory.
But take a hunk and pay it forward.  Elizabeth Warren (paraphrased)

Re: Another Mac Ada Problem

[Brian Drummond]

On Mon, 26 Oct 2015 01:21:38 -0700, Charles H. Sampson wrote:

> 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.)
> 
> Any ideas?
> 

It can't find the assembler. Sounds like you need to install a version of 
"binutils" (assembler, linker, archiver and other low level tools the 
compiler uses) compatible with the gcc/gnat version you're using. 

Sorry I can't help with the details.

-- Brian

Re: Another Mac Ada Problem

[Simon Wright]

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.

Re: Another Mac Ada Problem

[Charles H. Sampson]

Brian Drummond <brian@shapes.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> On Mon, 26 Oct 2015 01:21:38 -0700, Charles H. Sampson wrote:
> 
> > 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.)
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> > 
> 
> It can't find the assembler. Sounds like you need to install a version of
> "binutils" (assembler, linker, archiver and other low level tools the
> compiler uses) compatible with the gcc/gnat version you're using. 

I thought I remembered that "as" was the assembler. What path was it on?
If I know where to look I might yet find it.

Alternatively, how about if I reinstall all the GNAT stuff? I still have
the disk image.

> Sorry I can't help with the details.
> 
Thanks for your help.

Charlie
-- 
Nobody in this country got rich on his own.  You built a factory--good.
But you moved your goods on roads we all paid for.  You hired workers we
all paid to educate. So keep a big hunk of the money from your factory.
But take a hunk and pay it forward.  Elizabeth Warren (paraphrased)

Re: Another Mac Ada Problem

[briot.emmanuel]

> 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.


Use

     xcode-select --install

(this needs to be done again after you install El Capitan, since apparently that
install removes the command line tools)

Re: Another Mac Ada Problem

[Charles H. Sampson]

Charles H. Sampson <csampson@inetworld.net> wrote:

> Brian Drummond <brian@shapes.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 26 Oct 2015 01:21:38 -0700, Charles H. Sampson wrote:
> > 
> > > 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.)
> > > 
> > > Any ideas?
> > > 
> > 
> > It can't find the assembler. Sounds like you need to install a version of
> > "binutils" (assembler, linker, archiver and other low level tools the
> > compiler uses) compatible with the gcc/gnat version you're using. 
> 
> I thought I remembered that "as" was the assembler. What path was it on?
> If I know where to look I might yet find it.
> 
> Alternatively, how about if I reinstall all the GNAT stuff? I still have
> the disk image.

Getting the cart before the horse, after posting that question, I tried
it. It had no effect.

Charlie
-- 
Nobody in this country got rich on his own.  You built a factory--good.
But you moved your goods on roads we all paid for.  You hired workers we
all paid to educate. So keep a big hunk of the money from your factory.
But take a hunk and pay it forward.  Elizabeth Warren (paraphrased)

Re: Another Mac Ada Problem

[Charles H. Sampson]

<briot.emmanuel@gmail.com> wrote:

> > 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.
> 
> Use
> 
>      xcode-select --install
> 
> (this needs to be done again after you install El Capitan, since
> apparently that install removes the command line tools)

As always, I appreciate your taking your time to respond. However, I'm
trunning on a G5, under 10.5.8.

Charlie
-- 
Nobody in this country got rich on his own.  You built a factory--good.
But you moved your goods on roads we all paid for.  You hired workers we
all paid to educate. So keep a big hunk of the money from your factory.
But take a hunk and pay it forward.  Elizabeth Warren (paraphrased)

Re: Another Mac Ada Problem

[Simon Wright]

csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) writes:

> <briot.emmanuel@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> > 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.
>> 
>> Use
>> 
>>      xcode-select --install
>> 
>> (this needs to be done again after you install El Capitan, since
>> apparently that install removes the command line tools)
>
> As always, I appreciate your taking your time to respond. However, I'm
> trunning on a G5, under 10.5.8.

See
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1596164/can-i-get-xcode-for-leopard-still/1596185#1596185

I found this by googling "mac leopard command line tools"

But whether it's the PPC version I don't know.