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From: Brian Drummond <brian@shapes.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Another Mac Ada Problem
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 10:55:51 +0000 (UTC)
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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