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Re: gnat cross-compiles ?


On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 09:26:26AM -0400, Geert Bosch wrote:

> Even when systems claim support POSIX-compliant multi-threading for
> example, there are always areas where support is insufficient,
> either due to bugs, deviations from the standards or ambiguity
> in POSIX specs. Finally, even if all features work on their own,
> the combination may have problems due to lack of thread safety in
> the underlying C run time or bugs related to signal handling in
> multi-threading programs.

> So, the answer to your question really depends on what you mean with
> "works". Currently Sparc/Solaris (32-bit) and i386/Linux are in best
> shape,  but even these are still not quite up to the level of GCC 2.8.1
> based versions of GNAT. DEC Alpha, Sparc64, HP PA-RISC and PowerPC
> based platforms should build.

Anything like a testsuite, somewhere ?

Because, well, checking it beyond `it bootstraps' is a bit hard otherwise.


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