diff options
| author | Joseph Myers <jsm28@cam.ac.uk> | 2002-05-02 09:59:10 +0100 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Joseph Myers <jsm28@gcc.gnu.org> | 2002-05-02 09:59:10 +0100 |
| commit | 38e23049b7b5ea8f84ce8363d1a13883c71a1edc (patch) | |
| tree | f2f5ed346f3220ddcc1b5c1e24eefcd6007b2991 | |
| parent | 40f4a97d59def9799d2fa680042612f4a61a6619 (diff) | |
| download | gcc-38e23049b7b5ea8f84ce8363d1a13883c71a1edc.zip gcc-38e23049b7b5ea8f84ce8363d1a13883c71a1edc.tar.gz gcc-38e23049b7b5ea8f84ce8363d1a13883c71a1edc.tar.bz2 | |
* doc/install.texi: State GNAT version requirements.
From-SVN: r53040
| -rw-r--r-- | gcc/ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gcc/doc/install.texi | 7 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog index fc1904e..f5c83cf 100644 --- a/gcc/ChangeLog +++ b/gcc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2002-05-02 Joseph S. Myers <jsm28@cam.ac.uk> + + * doc/install.texi: State GNAT version requirements. + 2002-05-02 Nick Clifton <nickc@cambridge.redhat.com> * config/fr30/fr30.h (GO_IF_LEGITIMATE_ADDRESS): Accept any form diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi index c73fa6b..f26379c9 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/install.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi @@ -1037,7 +1037,8 @@ the number of processors in your machine. @section Building the Ada compiler In order to build GNAT, the Ada compiler, you need a working GNAT -compiler, since the Ada front end is written in Ada (with some +compiler (GNAT version 3.13 or later, or GCC version 3.1 or later), +since the Ada front end is written in Ada (with some GNAT-specific extensions), and GNU make. However, you do not need a full installation of GNAT, just the GNAT @@ -1048,6 +1049,10 @@ environment variable at the configure step. @command{configure} can detect the driver automatically if it has got a common name such as @command{gcc} or @command{gnatgcc}. Of course, you still need a working C compiler (the compiler driver can be different or not). +@command{configure} does not test whether the GNAT installation works +and has a sufficiently recent version; if too old a GNAT version is +installed, the build will fail unless @option{--enable-languages} is +used to disable building the Ada front end. Additional build tools (such as @command{gnatmake}) or a working GNAT run-time library installation are usually @emph{not} required. However, |