Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 01:13:43 +0200 From: Karel Miklav <karel.miklav@siol.net> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: GCC/GNAT Ada compiler Message-ID: <44A45EA7.3060307@siol.net>
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Hello, I've finalized two GCC/GNAT ports based on GCC 3.4.6 and 4.1.2. They can be found on http://lovetemple.net/test/gnat-gcc.tbz. I'd like to get some feedback before submitting. It would be ideal if gnat-gcc ports were merged into existing gcc ports, but this is not currently possible. Names of GNAT binaries don't get transformed thus I provide non conflicting installation of multiple versions by putting them into different directories. And that's not what Gerald is doing with GCC. GCC/GNAT is an experimental version of GNAT, and differs from the existing gnat-2005 port in licensing terms. Due to hot topic (check comp.lang.ada) I will not give any further details on this issue here. I expect people to use gnat-gcc-4.1.2, the gnat-gcc-3.4.6 is provided only to avoid licensing problems while bootstrapping. And one more thing: is somebody porting GNAT 2006? Statement in the current Makefile saying 'Because of licensing and registration restrictions, you must fetch the source distribution manually...' is misleading. Sources are GPL licensed so I don't see why we don't provide them? -- Regards, Karel Miklav
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