Re: Compilation woes on Debian bullseye

[Manuel Gómez]

Am 9/9/21 um 21:55 schrieb Rolf Ebert:
> I always liked Debian for the stability of its tools. It is unfortunate
> that neither the standard Debian compiler nor the current Adacore
> compiler can compile the ada-mode utilities.
>
> Rolf
>
> Am 08.09.2021 um 23:16 schrieb Rolf Ebert:
>> Simon told me how to compile gnatcoll-db and I could install it. But
>> that doesn't solve the problem when compiling ada_process_actions.adb
>>
>> It doesn't work with Debian's standard Ada compiler (FSF GNAT 10.2) nor
>> does it work with AdaCore's Community Edition 2021.
>>
>> Is there a compiler on Debian that is known to correctly compile the
>> ada-mode programs?

I think Alire can help a lot in cases like this, where exact 
dependencies, either to the toolchain or the used libraries, are 
required. You can specify which versions of each dependency are 
acceptable. Alire will download and build the dependencies listed in the 
catalog, either from external sources or from your local package 
manager. For the toolchain, the latest release candidate allow to define 
the required GNAT version and will install it from different sources. In 
my opinion, building ada-mode will be easier with Alire, independently 
of a possible broadening of the version requirements in future releases 
of ada-mode.