From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,fc079680c0debb41 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Simon Wright Subject: Re: GNAT Binary Distributions : GPL or Not ??? Date: 1998/12/21 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 424513250 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: pogner.demon.co.uk:158.152.70.98 References: <367D44BC.2A953A7F@Ada95SPAMHUNT.co.uk> X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 914254097 nnrp-10:24287 NO-IDENT pogner.demon.co.uk:158.152.70.98 Organization: At Home Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-12-21T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Ada Development at shagbadger writes: > 1) Why a glibc2 linked version of gnat 3.10p has not been released ? There have been lots of posts on how to do this (something to do with the size of sigset?? anyway, look up the archives of chat@gnat.com) > 2) Why the fact that the distribution does not "hide" the gcc code, > as it is destined always to be at least a few versions behind the > one most people have installed ? I don't understand what you mean. GNAT often requires patches to the base GCC, so a release has to be version-dependent. > 3) Why the New York http site directs you to GNAT and GNAT promptly > labels you "a student" ( obviously if you can't afford "Support" you > must be a student) and sends you back to the New York site ? Perhaps if you used ftp (as Darwin intended) you would have less trouble! ftp@cs.nyu.edu > These problems are relatively easy to fix for someone who knows the > code .... but they're good problems for support contracts .......... > > This proves that Ada programmers have more of a life than C > programmers... as no-one it seems ( including myself ) can be > bothered to wrestle this "GPL" source from GNAT LTD PLC ( or > INC. for you american buddies) and produce a hassle free > distribution that runs on the "GPL" platform GNU/LINUX. But there is absolutely NO trouble getting the source! And it's ACT (Ada Core Technologies). BTW, folks, if you want to set up a support contract, don't bother mailing sales@act.com, they won't even bother to reply, try sales@gnat.com instead :-) On a personal note, I must be getting old, cos your choice of an obscene hostname very nearly stopped me bothering to reply.