RFC/Ada: removal of $(ADAC) support

Zack Weinberg zack@codesourcery.com
Mon May 12 22:18:00 GMT 2003


kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu (Richard Kenner) writes:

>     I reiterate that there is no known problem in this domain other than
>     the one affecting __gnat_raise_exception; you are spreading FUD.
>
> You are doing exactly the same thing by claiming that "gnatgcc" won't
> successfully bootstrap the compiler.
>
> There are two possible sources of problems:
>
> (1) The "gnatgcc" may only compile Ada correctly and not C.
> (2) There may be a layout difference between "gnatgcc" and "gcc" in
>     some structure.

The difference is that major Linux distributors, and all three of the
*BSDs, deliberately shipped a 2.95 "gcc" but a 2.8 "gnatgcc".
Precisely because of (1).  That's enough evidence as far as I care.

zw



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