From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2064 invoked by alias); 21 Aug 2009 23:15:37 -0000 Received: (qmail 2055 invoked by uid 22791); 21 Aug 2009 23:15:36 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail-out.m-online.net (HELO mail-out.m-online.net) (212.18.0.9) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:15:27 +0000 Received: from mail01.m-online.net (mail.m-online.net [192.168.3.149]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C8291C15556; Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:15:24 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (dynscan2.mnet-online.de [192.168.1.215]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E6B19066C; Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:15:24 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.3.149]) by localhost (dynscan2.mnet-online.de [192.168.1.215]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id jMLo3N3qvjDS; Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:15:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: from igel.home (DSL01.83.171.166.81.ip-pool.NEFkom.net [83.171.166.81]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTP; Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:15:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 501) id 9FF2910DBBE; Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:15:22 +0200 (CEST) From: Andreas Schwab To: paul@smedley.id.au Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: Compiling the GNU ada compiler on a new platform References: X-Yow: I like the way ONLY their mouths move.. They look like DYING OYSTERS Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:14:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: (Paul Smedley's message of "Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:40:57 +0000 (UTC)") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2009-08/txt/msg00402.txt.bz2 "Paul Smedley" writes: > I assume that at some point in time, ada didn't depend on an existing > gnat, so if I could find that version, I could compile a version of > gnat to get me started?? Otherwise it's a bit chicken and egg :( Gnat needs a relatively recent gnat to compile itself. You usually start with a cross compiler. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."