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Re: [Ada] Move non-tasking runtime sources to libgnat subdirectory

From: Arnaud Charlet <charlet at adacore dot com>
To: Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, Nicolas Roche <roche at adacore dot com>
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2017 20:16:12 +0200
Subject: Re: [Ada] Move non-tasking runtime sources to libgnat subdirectory
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References: <20170908151359.GA137855@adacore.com> <alpine.DEB.2.20.1709081711250.16313@digraph.polyomino.org.uk>

> Given that you're moving the files, I wonder what the rationale is for
> moving them to another subdirectory within gcc/ada, rather than to
> something within the top-level libada directory (or some other top-level
> directory or directories, as appropriate), since such top-level
> directories outside gcc/ are the normal location for target library files?

The main reason is that it's much more practical wrt to our source setup
at AdaCore since Ada sources are standalone and can be used e.g. without
GCC, so depending on the GCC layout for GNAT sources isn't very convenient.

Arno

References:
- [Ada] Move non-tasking runtime sources to libgnat subdirectory
  - From: Arnaud Charlet
- Re: [Ada] Move non-tasking runtime sources to libgnat subdirectory
  - From: Joseph Myers

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