[PolyORB-users] [Debian packaging]Trying to build shared libs

[Thomas Quinot]

* Ludovic Brenta, 2009-03-13 :

> > > These options are all open.  The one option that is not open at this
> > > point is to package GNAT GPL 2009 Edition (the compiler); I simply
> > > lack the manpower for that and Debian users have decided they prefer
> > > the run-time library to be GMGPL, just like for all other languages
> > > supported by GCC.
> > 
> > That's a pity since the GPL release includes matched compiler and
> > PolyORB versions that are known to be compatible.
> 
> The pity will disappear the instant AdaCore makes their GNAT GPL
> repository public (as opposed to tarballs once a year). It would become
> possible to backport all compiler improvements necessary into GCC without
> having to wait for either a GNAT GPL release or a GCC release.

I'm not sure what you are referring to, there is no distinct repository
for GNAT GPL, these releases are made off our standard internal
development tree, and changes made there are also contributed to the
FSF tree, so it's already the case that these improvements are publicly
available.

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Thomas Quinot, Ph.D. ** quinot at adacore.com ** Senior Software Engineer
               AdaCore -- Paris, France -- New York, USA