Bootstrap failure on Linux/x86-64 in Ada
Richard Kenner
kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu
Tue Dec 20 15:20:00 GMT 2005
>>>gcc -c -g -I- -I. -Iada -I/cvs/gcc-svn/trunk/gcc/ada
>>>/cvs/gcc-svn/trunk/gcc/ada/ada.ads -o ada/ada.o
>>>ada.ads:16:01: language defined units may not be recompiled
So you need a -gnat<something> option, or compilation fails?
Yes, because, as it says, the Ada standard does not permit recompilation
of language-defined units. Obviously, we have to compile them as part
of building the compiler and library, so -gnatg says to ignore that
particular validity check.
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