Re: gnats dependancies
* Fabrice LORRAIN:
>> Therefore, it is not possible to install them in parallel.
>
> Any reason not to use the same trick than for the other packages from
> the suite (gcc, g77, gcj, gpc etc...). That is, have
> /usr/bin/gnat*-version in the <> packages and provide a gnat-fsf package
> with the symlink. Using update-alterative & friends is also an option.
This is certainly a possibility, but it involves some coding and it
doesn't seem to be worth the effort.
> At the present on an uptodate sarge box, I can provide g*-2.95, g*-3.3,
> g*-3.4 (and maybe 3.2) for almost all the tools from the suite but not
> for gnat.
gnat-3.4 is not a feature-complete replacement for gnat, so it's
unlikely that you're using it if you're doing serious Ada work.
gnat-3.2 and gnat-3.3 have serious bugs, IIRC.
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