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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] Changes in toolchain.eclass to enable Ada
From:       "Anthony G. Basile" <blueness () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2016-12-22 23:22:48
Message-ID: 680dd960-a601-3f1e-723f-8ceb056adc91 () gentoo ! org
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On 12/22/16 3:11 PM, Michał Górny wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Dec 2016 14:55:05 +0100
> Alfredo Tupone <tupone@gentoo.org> wrote:
> 
>>>> I would like to start including, in the gentoo tree, GNAT-GPL
>>>> built in the same way as sys-devel-gcc and selectable with gcc-config  
>>>
>>> 1. Does this mean that GNAT-GPL build will include building a C
>>> compiler? If yes, will the C compiler be installed?  
>> Yes, a C and a C++ compiler, and they will be installed
>>>
>>> 2. Will it be possible to combine GNAT-GPL with a different version of
>>> regular gcc C/C++ compilers?  
>> No, not easily
> 
> To be honest, I don't like this at all. This sounds like doubling
> the effort on maintaining gcc, and it sounds like people using GNAT-GPL
> would end up being forced to use old versions of GCC (also possibly
> missing patches).
> 
> If the Ada compiler requires Ada to boostrap anyway, can't you just
> make it build the Ada compiler alone?
> 

Yeah, I agree.

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