-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Benjamin Place wrote: | On Dec 14, 2005, at 5:57 PM, Martin Costabel wrote: | |>> --- Martin Costabel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |>> |>>> We already have examples of packages that depend on |>>> external stuff like specific commercial fortran compilers or parts |>>> of the developer tools that are not installed by default, and which |>>> manage their dependencies on these external components "by hand", |>>> not via virtual packages. | | | Okay, this approach works for me and I've got a "system-ada" that's | working in my local branch. | | But one of the subtleties of how GNAT-OSX works has stymied me. GNAT-OSX | replaces Apple's GCC with it's own GCC that is Ada-aware, but that can't | handle certain Apple things like dylibs. So one needs to switch back and | forth. (For example, fink's db42 won't build with GNAT's gcc, and that | stumps me every time I build a system till I google it.) | | So any package that depends on the GNAT compiler should check, at | *compile* time, that the GNAT compiler is currently selected via | gcc_select. | | Is there a way to enforce that without hardcoding it into every package | that depends on "system-ada"? | | Assuming there isn't, what's the best way to do the hardcoding? I could | do it by looking at gcc_select's output, or by "gcc -v", or I could have | "system-ada" install a script that could be run by every child package. | If the last, where do I put the script? I'm sure there are other | methods, as well. | | Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Can you not use the compiler that installs in /usr/local/ada ? I know that it is a different download, but it will not overwrite the system's gcc (a bad idea and a reason I never installed the macada package in the past). Peter -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBQ6Un/riDAg3OZTLPAQLEoAQAh4PwRHFBUKY4ixvnUwm7pwVVBnIdE24S ruudxjY61H1TRtJFXZhfrZ3ywuk7zzbTaYOZxGgjHB4i54Ihs/6u3N4IPoEExUA8 Rh35iI0J7+cOmSXsHw8v/naVOz9Vwjw5sAfHu10JI/5yA33avZIdWm20ib+bW/sF /FIkXgTs6hc= =1d81 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
