In article <fa4e10a9-214b-4633-84fe-3a1e64fac...@mac.com>, 
simon.j.wri...@mac.com says...

IMNSHO:

> GCC 5 says
> $ gnatmake -p -P bc
> warning: gnatmake -P is obsolete and will not be available in 
> the next release; use gprbuild instead

As I read this it says that the gnatmake '-P' option will become 
obsolete, not gnatmake itself. I would find the latter rather strange; 
gnatmake is, I think, a necessary part of GNAT's source based library 
model. Removing it from the fsf compiler would render the latter 
practically unusable.

Making '-P' obsolete does make some kind of sense: use gnatmake for pure 
Ada programs, gprbuild for more complex (multi-language) projects.

Trouble is of course that without a gprbuild in the fsf build it's 
suitability for realizing complex projects is pretty much over.

> My main objection is that there?s no public repo for gprbuild 
> (that I know of), so we're stuck with the annual GPL source releases.

Not to ruin anyone's day, but that's assuming the GPL'ed gprbuild will 
continue to work with the fsf toolchain... 

But I'm lucky in that I am perfectly happy with the GPL'ed system.

-- 
-- Jerry van Dijk
-- Leiden, Holland


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