Re: GNAT.Serial_Communications

[Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>]

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

> On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 05:28:42 +0100, Simon Wright wrote:
>
>> Brian Drummond <brian@shapes.demon.co.uk> writes:
>> 
>>> (1) modify g-sercom-linux.adb to do the job, or at least, what it's
>>> supposed to (not corrupt settings unnecessarily). Then ... what has to
>>> happen to regenerate the GNAT.Serial_Communications package? 
>
>> Put the modified g-sercom-linux.adb in the compiler's search path, then
>> use the "-a" flag to gnatmake.
>
> presumably the right thing to do for this application...
>
>> (b) don't say "gnatmake -f" for a full rebuild or you'll end up
>> rebuilding the RTS!
>
> Would that be the right thing to do to avoid the problem in all future 
> applications?

The recompiled binaries are in this application's program library, so -
not.

I think you could get away with putting the .ads/.adb in the adainclude/
directory and the .ali/.o in the adalib/ directory (write-protect the
.ali). Worth a try, and easier than rebuilding the entire library.