Re: g77 and gcc-2.7.2.1

[Hamish Moffatt <moffatt@yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au>]

I wrote:
> > Similar problem (I think) with GNAT Ada. GNAT 3.04 (and hence the
> > Debian package, and also GNAT 3.05 which is not available
> > as a package) is based on gcc 2.7.2. Until GNAT is updated to
> > be based on gcc 2.7.2.1 and then a pkg of the same released,
> > you have to stick with gcc 2.7.2 ...

David writes:
> Gcc 2.7.2.1 was a bug-fix only release so it should be safe to just
> change the version number for GNAT to match it.

But GNAT diverts the GCC binary, and the GCC binary needs to be
recompiled to recognise Ada code, or the GCC binary from GNAT
won't work properly because it's 2.7.2 not 2.7.2.1, etc.
It might be possible to hack it together but not worth it.
As soon as GNAT is updated and then the Debian package, I'll
upgrade GCC as well ...


hamish