I will build a gcc+gnat only binary, tar it up and see how big it is. If it isn't too big, I will put it on my geocities page and send you the URL.
I have no Ada experience, so can't vouch for the end result, but it will bootstrap itself. I just built it "because it was there". -----Original Message----- From: David A. Cobb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 18 September 2002 9:32 To: Billinghurst, David (CRTS); [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: GNAT in gcc-3.2 [was Re: New gcc-3.1.1 Release - g77] Billinghurst, David (CRTS) wrote: >It can be done. I have a working (or so it seems) GNAT for cygwin. > >Let me know if you are interested. > _Very interested_ . Thanks.. What do I need to do? > >-----Original Message----- >From: David A. Cobb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, 18 September 2002 3:21 >To: Dockeen >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: New gcc-3.1.1 Release - g77 > > >Back in the Dark Days of 7/7/2000, Dockeen wrote: > > > >>It may be a while before he gets to it, he was up late last night >>dealing with some schmuck, i.e. me. :-) >> >>I will be very interested in how GNAT works into this. Although >>some very nice people have sent me very nice directions as to >>how to do the Ada bootstrap, I have avoided for some weird, fearful >>reasons. >> >> >> >Here's what I tried, without success! > >Installed binary kit GNAT ( gcc-2.7 ) from NYU. Note, this is a Windoze >build, not Cygwin (AFAIK). >Point $CC and $CXX at the GNAT gcc, also put that dir at the head of my >$PATH. > >Try running configure & make bootstrap for gcc-3.2-1. > >I'm not totally surprised that it failed, however I /am/ surprised at >how and where. The 'C' and 'C++' and 'F77' builds went pretty well. >However, the Ada test in configure ( Testing whether gcc understands Ada >.... no ). failed. > >My first thought was "of course, it doesn't unerstand Cygwin paths." > But, if that were true it should have failed completely on C, C++, and >F77 as well. >SO, if Dockeen, or anyone, can point me in the direction of creating a >bootstrap GNAT it would be greatly appreciated. > >TIA > > -- David A. Cobb, Software Engineer, Public Access Advocate "By God's Grace I am a Christian man, by my actions a great sinner." -- The Way of a Pilgrim; R. M. French, tr. Life is too short to tolerate crappy software. . -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
