From owner-svn-doc-head@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 14 23:16:09 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F2F77462; Tue, 14 Apr 2015 23:16:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C495E100; Tue, 14 Apr 2015 23:16:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t3ENG8l4066045; Tue, 14 Apr 2015 23:16:08 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from bjk@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id t3ENG8hv066044; Tue, 14 Apr 2015 23:16:08 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201504142316.t3ENG8hv066044@svn.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: svn.freebsd.org: bjk set sender to bjk@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Benjamin Kaduk Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 23:16:08 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r46545 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 23:16:09 -0000 Author: bjk Date: Tue Apr 14 23:16:07 2015 New Revision: 46545 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/46545 Log: Add entry for the Ada ports Approved by: hrs (mentor, implicit) Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-01-2015-03.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-01-2015-03.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-01-2015-03.xml Tue Apr 14 23:07:20 2015 (r46544) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-01-2015-03.xml Tue Apr 14 23:16:07 2015 (r46545) @@ -1371,4 +1371,52 @@ WITHOUT_FORTH=y + + + FreeBSD Ada Ports + + + + + John + Marino + + marino@FreeBSD.org + + + + + + + + + +

There are 51 Ada-related ports currently, but two of them + are being retired: the GCC 4.7-based lang/gcc47-aux and + the BSD->android cross-compiler for ARMv5 + (lang/gnatdroid-armv5). The former has no advantage + over the newer GCC 4.9-based lang/gcc-aux, and the + latter has not built for over a year. Android enthusiasts can + still use the the ARMv7 cross-compiler + (lang/gnatdroid-armv7).

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A new port is lang/gcc5-aux, which includes GNAT + from the upcoming release of gcc5. This compiler already builds + all Ada ports except gtkada3 (which blocks the + devel/gps — the GNAT Programming Studio), and + gtkada3 should be fixed soon. When GCC5 is released, + the Ada framework will switch to using gcc5-aux as the + default compiler. For those that cannot wait, it is possible to + use it now by putting ADA_DEFAULT=5 in /etc/make.conf, + but this requires rebuilding all Ada ports from source.

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It is a near-term objective to bring the Ada-based GDHL + (VHDL simulator) to ports. The upcoming release 0.32 will be + based on GCC 4.9 and the port will be based on this release.

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