Status of the GNAT Ada compiler

[Luke A. Guest]

Hi,

I've just tried to build GCC-3.4.3 only for the Ada compiler, it won't
even configure, leaving out the --enable-languages=ada flag doesn't
bring the compiler in. I've tried going back to 3.4.2 and 3.4.1, same
problems.

I've just read through the ml archives and there is a thread about the
contribution to the Ada compiler already. Has Robert Dewar given any
info on the discussions he was going to hold at AdaCore? I can't see it
on the list.

I've asked before, but when can we expect to see a new free version of
GNAT that includes *all* of the tools (there is
http://gnat-asis.sourceforge.net)? It's been around 9 years since 3.15p
and I haven't been able to build a 2.8.0 compiler for years (well I
haven't tried with GCC-2.95.x).

I can see that there are Ada programmers (besides myself) who need an
Ada compiler, yet we're not getting anywhere (or don't seem to be). I
can see this either being forked, or a new compiler being written to
replace GNAT, which I don't relish the thought of, to be honest.

Luke.