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From: Niklas Holsti on 15 Mar 2010 16:24 Is there an FSF-derived version of GNAT that runs on the "Snow Leopard" version of Mac OS X? My searches and tests have so far only found GNAT versions that do not work on Snow Leopard, including GNAT GPL 2009, which crashes with segmentation fault. On the other hand, the binaries of my Ada application that were compiled under the previous version of Mac OS X, "Leopard", seem to work on Snow Leopard, too. So I'm considering buing a (used?) Mac running Leopard, just to have a working compilation system. I would be grateful for any advice or suggestions from Mac/Ada users. -- Niklas Holsti Tidorum Ltd niklas holsti tidorum fi . @ .
From: Simon Wright on 15 Mar 2010 18:09 Niklas Holsti <niklas.holsti(a)tidorum.invalid> writes (not in this order): > My searches and tests have so far only found GNAT versions that do not > work on Snow Leopard, including GNAT GPL 2009, which crashes with > segmentation fault. If you go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuada/files/ and navigate to GNAT_GPL Mac OS X > 2009-snow-leopard you'll find 64- and 32-bit compilers. Note, both want to install at /: sudo tar jxvf gnat-gpl-2009-x86_64-apple-darwin10.2.0.tar.bz2 -C / > Is there an FSF-derived version of GNAT that runs on the "Snow > Leopard" version of Mac OS X? At the moment I'm running gcc version 4.5.0 20100221 (experimental) [trunk revision 156937] built for x86_64-apple-darwin10.2.0 & also have i686-apple-darwin10.2.0. But I've not uploaded either of these anywhere as yet .. At the same place, under GNAT_GCC Mac OS X > 4.4.2, you'll find a collection of .dmg's posted by Martin Krischik. I've not used these. HTH
From: Jerry on 16 Mar 2010 02:09 On Mar 15, 3:09 pm, Simon Wright <si...(a)pushface.org> wrote: > If you go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuada/files/and navigate > to GNAT_GPL Mac OS X > 2009-snow-leopard you'll find 64- and 32-bit > compilers. Sorry if these questions have been asked before. (1) Do either of these compilers work with Xcode? (a) If so, which one(s) and what version of Xcode? (2) Do either of these compilers work with the debugger gdb? (a) If so, is it included with the download? (3) Do either of these compilers work with the gdb GUI in Xcode? (4) Is the 32-bit version more functional with respect to exceptions? (5) After installing in their default locations, can they be moved? > At the same place, under GNAT_GCC Mac OS X > 4.4.2, you'll find a > collection of .dmg's posted by Martin Krischik. I've not used these. > > HTH Yes, that helps, but the picture is still confused. Are things labeled x86 64-bit and i386 32-bit? What are the .dmgs under GNAT_GCC Mac OS X.>gnat-gcc-4.4.2.dmg? How are they different from those under GNAT_GPL Mac OS X>2009-snow-leopard? Is there anything at macada.org that is useful for Snow Leopard? Sorry for all the questions but I've been confused about the Snow Leopar/Xcode/debugger question for a while. I'm willing to install something on an old disk to try things out but I've read of at least one person who installed Snow Leopard and is sorry because he now has no Ada compiler--maybe that is old information however. Thanks, Jerry
From: Niklas Holsti on 16 Mar 2010 04:12 Simon Wright wrote: > Niklas Holsti <niklas.holsti(a)tidorum.invalid> writes (not in this order): > >> My searches and tests have so far only found GNAT versions that do not >> work on Snow Leopard, including GNAT GPL 2009, which crashes with >> segmentation fault. > > If you go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuada/files/ and navigate > to GNAT_GPL Mac OS X > 2009-snow-leopard you'll find 64- and 32-bit > compilers. Note, both want to install at /: Thanks, I will try that one, when next I get my hands on the Mac (that I borrow for this purpose). I tried the GNAT GPL from AdaCore Libre, which segfaulted. But I would really need an FSF-licenced compiler, because some of my source code is under NDA from other parties and can't be opened. >> Is there an FSF-derived version of GNAT that runs on the "Snow >> Leopard" version of Mac OS X? > > At the moment I'm running gcc version 4.5.0 20100221 (experimental) > [trunk revision 156937] built for x86_64-apple-darwin10.2.0 & also have > i686-apple-darwin10.2.0. But I've not uploaded either of these anywhere > as yet .. > > At the same place, under GNAT_GCC Mac OS X > 4.4.2, you'll find a > collection of .dmg's posted by Martin Krischik. I've not used these. I already tried that one (gnat-gcc-4.4.2.dmg), but it did not work; trying to compile something with gnatmake gave an error message saying an Ada compiler is not installed. From my googling it seems that others have encountered the same error. My guess is that gnatmake is using the wrong gcc. Perhaps this could be a simple problem to solve, or just an installation problem (I accepted the default location /opt/local), but how to do it is not evident to me. -- Niklas Holsti Tidorum Ltd niklas holsti tidorum fi . @ .
From: Martin on 16 Mar 2010 05:22
On Mar 15, 10:09 pm, Simon Wright <si...(a)pushface.org> wrote: > Niklas Holsti <niklas.hol...(a)tidorum.invalid> writes (not in this order): > > > My searches and tests have so far only found GNAT versions that do not > > work on Snow Leopard, including GNAT GPL 2009, which crashes with > > segmentation fault. > > If you go tohttp://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuada/files/and navigate > to GNAT_GPL Mac OS X > 2009-snow-leopard you'll find 64- and 32-bit > compilers. Note, both want to install at /: > > sudo tar jxvf gnat-gpl-2009-x86_64-apple-darwin10.2.0.tar.bz2 -C / > > > Is there an FSF-derived version of GNAT that runs on the "Snow > > Leopard" version of Mac OS X? > > At the moment I'm running gcc version 4.5.0 20100221 (experimental) > [trunk revision 156937] built for x86_64-apple-darwin10.2.0 & also have > i686-apple-darwin10.2.0. But I've not uploaded either of these anywhere > as yet .. > > At the same place, under GNAT_GCC Mac OS X > 4.4.2, you'll find a > collection of .dmg's posted by Martin Krischik. I've not used these. > > HTH Thanks Simon - for the first time since Snow Leopard, I have a working Ada compiler!! :-) I'm using the "Lightweight IDE" - sorry Emacs was just as much a 'way- of-life' tool as I remember...and I didn't enjoy the experience the first time round. Hopefully, AdaCore will be releasing a GNAT GPL 2010 for Snow Leopard in a few months and I can get back to GPS. Cheers -- Martin |