>>> "Williams, Gerald S (Jerry)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 9/29/2005 7:56:52 AM >>> << Anh Vo wrote: > If you need both Ada compiler with run-time support and cygwin, do > the following. ... > 3. Unzip them in cygwin installed directory. Remember to keep > the directory structure intact when Unzipping. In addition, > select over all when prompted by WinZip.
This sounds dangerous to me. Doesn't it interfere with other Cygwin compilations? Plus, I wouldn't expect this version of the compiler to create Cygwin executables (e.g., that would understand Cygwin paths, etc.). If not, why interfere with the Cygwin installation at all? >> It is not all. What it does is to replace the Ada compiler (GNAT) without tasking run-time support with the that does. Every thing else remains the sam. << I took the approach recommended at mingw.org and installed it into C:/MinGW. Then I created a script that would put it in the beginning of my path when I wanted to use it. You could do this automatically if you only want the MinGW version. >> Sure, it works, too. << A search of the mailing list doesn't reveal any messages from the maintainer containing the word "tasking" both "task" and "ada". Perhaps the question should be restated with a subject of "GCC-ADA:" or "Attn: gcc-ada maintainer"? >> I put some thing like Ada compiler or GNAT on the subject. It was quite a while ago. If you search my name, Anh Vo, you may have seen it. AV -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
