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Re: Compiling the GNU ada compiler on a new platform
- From: kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu (Richard Kenner)
- To: paul at smedley dot id dot au
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:16:17 EDT
- Subject: Re: Compiling the GNU ada compiler on a new platform
- References: <POn1Xm9ddZOp-pn2-dJtYpMPBmmP6@smedley.info>
> I assume that at some point in time, ada didn't depend on an
> existing gnat,
Yeah, but that point in time was close to 20 years ago ...
The best way to do something like this is to make a cross-compiler to OS/2,
build assembler files, copy them into the OS/2 native build treee, assemble
them, and go on from there. This was the way the GNAT was originally
ported to all its targets.