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From: Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: GNAT for Debian
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 09:14:25 +0000 (UTC)
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Preben Randhol wrote:
> Chris M. Moore wrote:
>> Instead of doing these edits etc might it not be better to build gnat
>> as gcc but install it in a separate directory (/opt/gnat?) and put
>> Simon Wright's gnatfe script (see http://www.pushface.org/gnatfe/) in
>> /usr/bin?
> 
> No!
> 
> It is much better to have gnatgcc gnatmake etc! Then it makes everything
> work without any hickup or tricky setup.

Or to say it in another way: Better to solve the problem than to patch
the symptoms.

-- 
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