Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 23:16:08 +0000 (UTC) From: Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@FreeBSD.org> 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 Message-ID: <201504142316.t3ENG8hv066044@svn.freebsd.org>
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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</pre> </task> </help> </project> + + <project cat='ports'> + <title>FreeBSD Ada Ports</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>John</given> + <common>Marino</common> + </name> + <email>marino@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="http://home.gna.org/ghdl/" /> + <url href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghdl-updates/" /> + </links> + + <body> + <p>There are 51 Ada-related ports currently, but two of them + are being retired: the GCC 4.7-based <tt>lang/gcc47-aux</tt> and + the BSD->android cross-compiler for ARMv5 + (<tt>lang/gnatdroid-armv5</tt>). The former has no advantage + over the newer GCC 4.9-based <tt>lang/gcc-aux</tt>, and the + latter has not built for over a year. Android enthusiasts can + still use the the ARMv7 cross-compiler + (<tt>lang/gnatdroid-armv7</tt>).</p> + + <p>A new port is <tt>lang/gcc5-aux</tt>, which includes GNAT + from the upcoming release of gcc5. This compiler already builds + all Ada ports except gtkada3 (which blocks the + <tt>devel/gps</tt> — the GNAT Programming Studio), and + <tt>gtkada3</tt> should be fixed soon. When GCC5 is released, + the Ada framework will switch to using <tt>gcc5-aux</tt> as the + default compiler. For those that cannot wait, it is possible to + use it now by putting <tt>ADA_DEFAULT=5</tt> in /etc/make.conf, + but this requires rebuilding all Ada ports from source.</p> + </body> + + <help> + <task> + <p>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.</p> + </task> + </help> + </project> </report>
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