Hi Geert! On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:44:11 UTC, Geert Bosch <bo...@adacore.com> wrote:
> > On Aug 21, 2009, at 18:40, Paul Smedley wrote: > > I'm wanting to update the GNU ADA compiler for OS/2... I'm currently > > building GCC 4.3.x and 4.4.x on OS/2 (C/C++/fortran) but for ADA > > configure complains about not finding gnat. The problem is that the > > only gnat compiled for OS/2 was years ago using a different toolchain > > so it's not suitable. > > I used to maintain the OS/2 port for AdaCore, but that was many years > ago. > IBM released its last version of OS/2 in 2001. Currently it is almost > impossible to run OS/2 in either real modern hardware or on a > virtualized > system. Not quite true - www.ecomstation.com - and it does run in things like virtualbox. I'm running on a quad core system here and all 4 cores are recognised. > AFAIK, GNAT 3.15p is the last GNAT version with OS/2 support. As the > OS/2 > version was a full implementation of Ada 95, including all annexes, > passing > all ACATS tests, this version should still be very useful today, if you > have a system running OS/2, that is. If you're interested in developing > Ada applications on OS/2, your best bet is to use GNAT 3.15p. > You'll get a mature well-tested and very fast compiler. I don't actually NEED this :) Another member of the community inquired about an updated gnat, so I thought I'd look at it. With GNAT 3.15p did it also depend on an existing gnat? or that one built directory from source? > This version might still be able to bootstrap GNAT. It might - but I'm using a different c library :( libc vs emx -- Cheers, Paul.
