[Bug bootstrap/12614] [3.3 regression] Can't bootstrap without gnatmake

[fw at deneb dot enyo dot de]

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------- Additional Comments From fw at deneb dot enyo dot de  2003-10-14 14:57 -------
Subject: Re:  [3.3 regression] Can't bootstrap without gnatmake

schwab at suse dot de wrote:

> But how do you then bootstrap a whole new architecture?  Currently it
> is impossible to build a native gnatmake with a cross compiler, at
> least I haven't found a way yet. 

gnatmake is only required for building the documentation, it is easy to
work around this issue (compared to the other troubles of porting).  I
agree that it's not optimal, but I don't think it's worth fixing in the
current Ada bootstrap framework.