Re: A guide to packing a language: GHDL.

[Falk Hueffner <hueffner@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Mark Cox <mark_cox@iprimus.com.au> writes:

> I am interested in packaging ghdl (http://ghdl.free.fr) for debian, but I'm a 
> little unsure on how to go about it.
>
> The README contained in the source file states that I must place a directory 
> as a subdirectory of the gcc tree and evoke ./configure of the gcc source 
> with '--enable-languages=vhdl' and then compile gcc.
>
> Is there a way of incorporating vhdl as a language into the already packaged 
> gcc?

While that would be possible, I don't think it's desireable. There
would be quite some chance that importing new gcc snapshots would
break either ghdl or the bootstrap, since these combinations aren't
tested.

> Or do I have to use the gcc sources and compile it separately in a
> manner that doesn't clobber the files of the existing gcc packages?

I'd prefer this.

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	Falk