[AWS] Inconsistent license?

[Riccardo Bernardini]

Thomas Løcke <thomas.granvej6 at gmail.com> ha scritto:

> On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Marius Amado-Alves <
> marius at amado-alves.info> wrote:
>
>> I have given up on AWS on Windows many moons ago. After many hours
>> fixing build and installation issues, I still could not build a
>> working SSL application. I had the impression, or hope, that things
>> would work on Linux. So I have installed Ubuntu on a VirtualBox on
>> Window (many hours). AWS did not install. I allowed for one fix, the
>> install directory on makefile.conf. No luck. I have no choice at this
>> moment than to give up on AWS entirely, and program for the web from
>> scratch:-(
>>
>> /* GNAT installs in minutes anywhere. Why not AWS? */
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> I don't know why it doesn't compile on Ubuntu, but I can say that it just
> works with Slackware. I've never had a single issue with AWS on Slackware,
> and I've compiled it countless times.

Just to add another case (if it can be useful): Yesterday I installed  
the latest version of GNAT, XML and AWS on my Ubuntu 10 and everything  
went smooth. (It just required more than few minutes of CPU wedged at  
100%, but my PC is a bit old...)

>
> I wrote an article on how to compile some of the libre.adacore.com packages
> on a Slackware box:
>
> http://blogs.fsfe.org/thomaslocke/2012/01/08/ada-programming-on-slackware/
>
> So if Ubuntu is failing for you, why not give Slackware a try? VirtualBox
> is your friend and allows for easy and fast testing.
>
> :o)
> Thomas Løcke
>



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