Re: ada 2005 from libre

["Chip and Allie Orange" <acorange@comcast.net>]

"Stephen Leake" <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org> wrote in message 
news:uhd07jiky.fsf@stephe-leake.org...
> "Robert Klungle" <bklungle@earthlink.net> writes:
>
>> Has anyone successfully downloaded and installed the new (relatively)
>> ada-gpl-2006.. from libre2.adacore? The surrounding verbage says the file
>> should be (for Windows) an exe file. When the download starts, the file 
>> is
>> labeled as a bin.
>
> I downloaded gnat-gpl-2006-1-pentium-mingw32msv-bin.exe on June 17.
> That's the file name currently displayed by the download page at
> https://libre2.adacore.com/ when x86-windows is selected.
>

I think you've just pointed out the problem; I don't think the OP has 
selected Windows (it's not the default OS), and you end up with something 
other than a .exe when you fail to choose Windows with the OS dropdown list 
control.

hth,

Chip