Re: GNAT on Mandrake GNU/Linux 9.0

[Preben Randhol <randhol+news@pvv.org>]

On Fri, 27 Sep 2002 12:24:38 +0100, Tony Matthews wrote:
> 
> There are also the Ada Linux Team 3.13p RPMs and 3.14p Deb releases.
> 
> Which version could/should I use??

At the moment you should use the 3.14p. You can find it here:

   http://libre.act-europe.fr/GNAT/

either precompiled or source[*].

You can also used alien, but I don't know if it will work.

The reason I do not recommend GCC 3.2 now is that it is not stable yet.
A lot have to be done to get the compiler to work with the new gcc
backend. The GNAT 3.14p uses gcc 2.8x as backend, while Gnat 3.2 uses
the new gcc. Gcc is apparently also changing a lot at the moment so
when this becomes stable I guess there will be a complete merge of the
gnat compiler and it will be working like the gnat 3.14p or better. So
in the mean time stick with 3.14p. :-)

Preben

[*] If you choose the source then you need the 3.13p rpms first to be
able to compile the 3.14p as it is written in Ada.