Re: GNAT for Debian

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

Samuel Tardieu wrote:
>>>>>> "Preben" == Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org> writes:
> 
>Preben> How hard is it to make a Gnat 3.15p package? Could one use the
>Preben> Gnat 3.14p as a base ?
> 
> Answers are: it depends on your skills. Sure.
> 
> The first thing to do is to reproduce the Debian package
> structure with GCC 2.8.1:
> 
>   gcc-2.8.1
>       |
>       +--------gnat-3.15p-src
>       |
>       +--------ada
>       
> by moving gnat-3.15p-src/src/ada two levels up. Then apply
> gnat-3.15p-src/src/gcc281.dif with -p0 into gcc-2.8.1.
> 
> Then apply Debian patch and fix failing parts. Use 3.15p where 3.14p
> was used. Add new platform depend files into the Makefiles if needed
> (for example, SparcLinux is not if I remember correctly a natively
> supported configuration).

Thanks! I know somebody posted earlier where to find gcc-2.8.1 but i
don't manage to find this post now with google. Do you know where it can
be found? I noticed that the patches are different between Gnat 3.14p
and 3.15p so I cannot use the source of the gnat-3.14p debian pacakge I
suppose.

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