On 12/22/16 3:11 PM, Michał Górny wrote: > On Thu, 22 Dec 2016 14:55:05 +0100 > Alfredo Tupone <tup...@gentoo.org> wrote: > >>>> I would like to start including, in the gentoo tree, GNAT-GPL >>>> built in the same way as sys-devel-gcc and selectable with gcc-config >>> >>> 1. Does this mean that GNAT-GPL build will include building a C >>> compiler? If yes, will the C compiler be installed? >> Yes, a C and a C++ compiler, and they will be installed >>> >>> 2. Will it be possible to combine GNAT-GPL with a different version of >>> regular gcc C/C++ compilers? >> No, not easily > > To be honest, I don't like this at all. This sounds like doubling > the effort on maintaining gcc, and it sounds like people using GNAT-GPL > would end up being forced to use old versions of GCC (also possibly > missing patches). > > If the Ada compiler requires Ada to boostrap anyway, can't you just > make it build the Ada compiler alone? >
Yeah, I agree. -- Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D. Gentoo Linux Developer [Hardened] E-Mail : bluen...@gentoo.org GnuPG FP : 1FED FAD9 D82C 52A5 3BAB DC79 9384 FA6E F52D 4BBA GnuPG ID : F52D4BBA
