Hello, > I've also built the gcc version of ghdl for OS X (10.8/10.9/10.9.1) > see > > https://sourceforge.net/p/ghdl-updates/wiki/OS%20X%20gcc%20ghdl%20build%20instructions/ > > Instructions for building GHDL (version 0.31dev) with GCC4.8.2 on OS > X 10.9 > > This could likewise go into a makefile with the exception that wget > isn't native to OS X. > > I'll be making a binary release after a bit of testing and coming up > with a README describing how the two versions of the GPL interplay > (gcc-4.8.2 is released under GPLv3).
Given that ghdl is GPLv2+ and gcc is GPLv3+, the result can simply be GPLv3+ > No fancy packages seem > warranted with Apple's Gatekeeper and the lack of an actual App. An easy installer would be nice, but that's not the priority! > I may build a relocatable gcc/ghdl before actually releasing. Turns > out ghdl doesn't find ghdl1 the way it's built. (any gcc version of > ghdl). > > Where ghdl1 is found in : > > /opt/ghdl/gcc-4.8.2/libexec/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.0.0/gcc.4.8.2/ghd1 > > for gcc build PREFIX = /opt/ghdl/gcc-4.8.2 > > move ghdl to somewhere else and it still expects: > > david_koontz@Macbook: ghdl -a fault_gen.vhdl > ghdl: installation problem: > /opt/ghdl/gcc-4.8.2/libexec/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.0.0/4.8.2/ghdl1 > not found > > It's hard coded in drvdir/default_pathes.ads: > > Compiler_Gcc : constant String := > "/opt/ghdl/gcc-4.8.2/libexec/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.0.0/4.8.2/ghdl1"; > > Which begs the question as to whether gnat's > OS_LIB.Locate_Exec_On_Path swallows relative paths (see > ghdldrv/ghdldrv.adb). Yes, it should. Weird. > (dependent on something called Normalize_Pathname, which gets the > current working directory so presumably does support relative > paths). > > (part of gnatlib, both in gcc-4.8.2/gcc/ada/s-os_lib.adb) > > Also the path to the vhdl libraries is given hardcoded in > drvdir/default_pathes.ads: > > Prefix : constant String := > "/opt/ghdl/gcc-4.8.2/lib/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.0.0/4.8.2/vhdl/lib/"; > > > Which doesn't result in an executable being searched for and can be > specified with GHDL_PREFIX in your environment. > > (see ghdldrv/ghdllocal.adb) as well as a CLI arg (--PREFIX=path) for > -a (and presumably -e, -c, ...) (see options.adb) > > It'd be nice if Prefix could be relative too. > > The rest of gcc is supposed to use relative paths. > > -- > > There's also directions for building mcode versions for OS X or a 32 > bit Linux, see > > https://sourceforge.net/p/ghdl-updates/wiki/build%20mcode%20ghdl/ > > (And it's a shell script that can be customized for either OS X or > Linux.) Great! Tristan. _______________________________________________ Ghdl-discuss mailing list Ghdl-discuss@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/ghdl-discuss
