Re: GNAT GPL 2011 on Lion

[Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>]

Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:

> On 22/07/2011 00:11, in article CA4E70AD.EB34%yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk,
> "(see below)" <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 21/07/2011 23:48, in article m2k4bbi72v.fsf@pushface.org, "Simon Wright"
>> <simon@pushface.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org> writes:
>>> 
>>>> Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
>>>> 
>>>>> On 21/07/2011 20:17, in article CA4E39BC.EAEF%yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk,
>>>>> "(see below)" <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 21/07/2011 20:12, in article m239hz1m8p.fsf@pushface.org, "Simon
>>>>>> Wright"
>>>>>> <simon@pushface.org> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org> writes:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> ... Or the perils of being an early adopter.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I'm trying to run GNAT GPL 2011 under MacOS X 10.7, "Lion",
>>>>>>>>> released yesterday.  The Ada compilation itself seem to be OK,
>>>>>>>>> but I fall at this hurdle:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> "gcc: error trying to exec 'as': execvp: No such file or directory"
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> This might be just a pathname issue, or something more serious.
>>>>>>>>> Can anyone suggest a cause or a fix?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I wonder whether we need a new Xcode as well as the OS? (I had my
>>>>>>>> fingers crossed as I updated, perhaps I should have crossed my toes as
>>>>>>>> well)
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> OK, going for Xcode 4.1, free download from Mac App Store ...
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Ditto, but it needs Java, which is another download , taking its time ...
>>>>> 
>>>>> And seems to have had no effect. 8-(
>>>> 
>>>> Still installing Xcode here .. App Store was temporarily broken, it
>>>> said. Also, when App Store says "installed" what it means is it's put
>>>> all 3 Gb of 'Install Xcode' in the Applications directory, waiting for
>>>> you to actually run it. Grr.
>>> 
>>> I had to reinstall ply (lex and yacc in Python), because we now are
>>> running Python 2.7, and Java, because my code generator needs them. But
>>> otherwise, no problems.
>> 
>> Do you mean that having done that, Ada is now operational?
>
> Replying to my self, having completed the installation at last:
> Yes, it does mean that GNAT GPL 2011 works under Lion, at any rate for the 3
> large programs I have now successfully compiled and run.

Sorry! Yes, experience here is the same; the Xcode download is enough on
its own to get GCC 4.6.0 working for a large-ish program.

Good to hear that GNAT GPL 2011 is also OK (it will take a little
longer for me to do that test).