* Fabrice LORRAIN: >> Therefore, it is not possible to install them in parallel. > > Any reason not to use the same trick than for the other packages from > the suite (gcc, g77, gcj, gpc etc...). That is, have > /usr/bin/gnat*-version in the <> packages and provide a gnat-fsf package > with the symlink. Using update-alterative & friends is also an option.
This is certainly a possibility, but it involves some coding and it doesn't seem to be worth the effort. > At the present on an uptodate sarge box, I can provide g*-2.95, g*-3.3, > g*-3.4 (and maybe 3.2) for almost all the tools from the suite but not > for gnat. gnat-3.4 is not a feature-complete replacement for gnat, so it's unlikely that you're using it if you're doing serious Ada work. gnat-3.2 and gnat-3.3 have serious bugs, IIRC.