[gtkada] Build from source code

[Chris Sparks]

Yes maybe so.  I was more curious why Adacore would provide the source 
files without a clue as to how they are compiled.

I just needed a little direction in recreating the gtkada toolset from 
scratch so that I can get debugging info into the compiles. I have found 
so many compilation issues that I cannot resolve that is disheartening.

I did find that my version of Msys/Mingw was old and I upgraded it.  It 
only helped in rebuilding zlib! LOL
>> I see that one could build gtkada and all of the necessary C source files (i.e zlib, pixman, glib, etc) from scratch, but there are no instructions on which to do first, how to setup configure properly, etc.
>>
>> I managed to get zlib compiled and installed (make install) but the other packages which use this library can't see it.
>>
>> I am beginning to wonder how anyone can build any of this.
>
> Seems like this question would be better asked on a gtk+ mailing list, where you are more
> likely to have people who routinely do these kind of builds. GtkAda users are mostly
> expected to use the binaries, so I doubt many of them recompile the C libraries, only
> the Ada part.
>
> Emmanuel