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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_WORDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,15ce5e046cd0b91d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-06 10:30:32 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.telusplanet.net!news1.telusplanet.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Windows.Only.Vendors@Suck.Com Message-ID: Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ADA for OS/2 [Specific question] References: <3B417021.A68938D2@eyup.org> <3B41A4C7.E819C1E3@eyup.org> <20010704114900.48bc8b38.McCratch@gmx.net> <3B431D22.C20FF8BD@eyup.org> <0fqDUcnQj8JQ@eisner.encompasserve.org> <5ee5b646.0107051341.2a0d4b42@posting.google.com> User-Agent: ProNews/2 V1.51.ib104 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2001 17:29:22 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 142.59.200.215 X-Trace: news1.telusplanet.net 994440562 142.59.200.215 (Fri, 06 Jul 2001 11:29:22 MDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2001 11:29:22 MDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9568 Date: 2001-07-06T17:29:22+00:00 List-Id: On Fri, 6 Jul 2001 15:18:42, Ted Dennison wrote: > Probably the best thing to do would be to just start slogging through the > process, and then appeal for help at the appropriate places when/if you get > stuck. > Here is a question directly related to a frustration I have been having: there are a vast number of GNU/Unix ports of utilities for building software. These come with various bugs and limitations. What are the exact versions used to build GNAT? As an example there are several MAKES floating around and it is a royal pain to find one that will apply the patch file. > If you need help getting started, I'd first download the sources and read > through any instructions there. Then the next best thing to do would probably be > to appeal to the folks on the Gnatlist at > http://lyris.seas.gwu.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=gnatlist&text_mode=0 . There > seem to be several people there who regularly build gnat from sources. > > I have posted to GNATList in the past. There is little expertise there about OS/2 and GNAT. Tim -- tjeric_k AT telusplanet_net remove any underscores to get the proper address