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Re: [Ada 3.3] Backport compilation fixes
- From: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>
- To: Roger Sayle <roger at eyesopen dot com>
- Cc: Arnaud Charlet <charlet at ACT-Europe dot FR>, <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: 17 Dec 2003 19:08:15 +0100
- Subject: Re: [Ada 3.3] Backport compilation fixes
- Organization: Integrable Solutions
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0312171011120.3151-100000@www.eyesopen.com>
Roger Sayle <roger@eyesopen.com> writes:
| On 17 Dec 2003, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
| > I don't want to mess with Ada issues :-)
| > If Ada folks think that ability to build previous versions of GNAT
| > with recent bootstrapping compilers is of no value for their
| > community, I see no reason to endorse that initiative -- even though
| > I can fully see the benefits for GCC developers.
|
| Then perhaps we just need an improved autoconf/configure test, so
| that we don't *by default* attempt to build the ada front-end when
| we know in advance that this will fail. A fatal error in the bootstrap
| process not only affects Ada, but the entire GCC distribution.
Yes. I completely agree with your assessment. My impression is that,
historically, within the GCC-3.3.x series, configuration and
bootstrapping process are some of the troublesome areas I've seen
no much support, interest or initiative from Ada folk.
If Ada maintainers have no interest in GCC-3.3.x, why can't we just
disable that front-end during configuration? Arnaud, do you have
objections?
-- Gaby