Re: Problems with GtkAda-2.4.0 on Windows 2000.

[Marin David Condic <nobody@noplace.com>]

Jeff C wrote:
> 
> 
> The problem is/was that there were issues with all of the various "sh" 
> like interpreters around a while ago on some versions of windows such 
> that various parameters were mangled. Also it increase the complexity of 
> the distribution because then they were also distributing a shell 
> interpreter.
> 
> I am sure you can get it all to work if you use msys and configure/build 
> from a source distribution (pointing at one of the many existing binary 
> Gtk+ installers) as long as you restrict yourself to "modern" windows 
> like XP.
> 
> 
Its too bad. I'm assuming the developers have more of an interest in 
Linux platforms than they do windows - but the advantage to GtkAda is 
the portability between the two. Once a tool starts depending on 
questionable OS-supplied tools, portability goes out the window. From an 
end-user's perspective it would be better for them to say "I have my own 
diff/merge tool, thank you very much!" - but of course that means the 
developer has to do more work. The disappointing thing is that it used 
to work and now GtkAda for Windows takes a big step backward.

Given the limitation is at least known, I can keep from shooting myself 
in the foot and at least manage it independent of the tool. But that's a 
big pain in the posterior.

> 
> 
> This is a packaging problem with the last public GtkAda release. It is 
> unfortuntate because it really make GtkAda Windows support look even 
> worse than it really is.
> 
> Take a look at
> http://lists.adacore.com/pipermail/gtkada/2005-January/003203.html or 
> more specifically the thread that starts with
> 
> http://lists.adacore.com/pipermail/gtkada/2005-March/003268.html
> 
> 
I didn't see that -largs -mwindows switch in the documentation, but it 
looks familiar. (I have not fooled with GtkAda in quite some time since 
my job has taken me elsewhere) I'll give it a shot. Thanks.

MDC

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