Subject: GNAT README Last Updated Jan 29, 2002 19:00 EST +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | GNAT is a complete Ada95 compilation system, maintained and | | distributed under the Gnu Public Licence by Ada Core Technologies. | | | | From time to time, Ada Core Technologies makes copies of its most | | recently released commercial technology available in public versions | | that are widely downloadable from multiple web sites at no charge. | | These public versions are intended for student and research use where| | a comprehensive Ada 95 compiler is needed, but no support of any kind| | is required. | | | | | | For more info: | | - web site http://www.gnat.com | | http://www.act-europe.fr | | - for description of ACT services | | send e-mail to: sales@gnat.com | | - In Europe send email to: sales@act-europe.fr | | | | - detailed queries: | | Telephone 212-620-7300 Ext-118 (Karen Syck)| | Fax 212-807-0162 | | in Europe: | | Telephone +33 1 49 70 67 16 | | Fax +33 1 49 70 05 52 | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Bug reports should be sent to report@gnat.com following the format given in gnatinfo.txt. Bug reports from unsupported users are welcome although we cannot guarantee a response. This is the README which is located on cs.nyu.edu in pub/gnat (via anonymous ftp). It contains information about recent distributions of GNAT. The pub/gnat directory contains recent releases of GNAT. ================================================================= UPDATE NEWS:: Additional FTP sites which mirror the pub/gnat directory are listed later on under GNAT Mirror Sites. These sites are generally updated within 24 hours of changes at cs.nyu.edu. gnat 3.14p is now available Version 3.14p release: The binary distribution is now available for the following configurations: x86-linux (redhat 6.x / glibc2.1) sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1 (will also run on solaris 2.5, 2.6, 7, 8) Windows 95 / Windows 98 / Windows NT / Windows 2000 The 3.14p binaries and source can be found in the 3.14p directory. All binaries are built on top of GCC 2.8.1. Full documentation is now available: gnat-3.14p-docs.tar.gz (documentation in ascii, html, postscript, texi) Distributed Systems Annex Announcing GLADE 3.14p, the Ada 95 Distributed Systems Annex implementation for GNAT. GLADE is an environment for developing distributed applications based on Annex E of the Ada 95 Reference Manual. This environment comprises: - a complete PCS (Partition Communication System) - a compiler for a simple partition description language - utilities to build and start distributed applications This release works with GNAT 3.14p on Sparc/Solaris, PC/Linux, Alpha Digital Unix, Windows NT. The release can be found in the "3.14p/glade" directory. ASIS A full Ada 95 ASIS implementation for GNAT is available in the directory "3.14p/asis". The file "features" which lists the various enhancements and that are implemented in the lastest version of GNAT is located both in the pub/gnat directory and as part of each distribution. It is updated to reflect new features put into the latest release. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Old source and binaries of GNAT have been moved to pub/gnat/private/old on cs.nyu.edu in order not to clutter up the main pub/gnat directory and not to be picked up by mirror sites. If for some reason you need to retrieve any of these old versions, that is where they can be found. The 5.95 version of the reference manual for Ada95 is available under the directory rm9x-5.95. ========================================================================== Mirror Sites: US sites: ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/languages/ada/compiler/gnat/distrib European sites: ftp://ftp.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/Ada-Belgium/mirrors/gnu-ada ftp://ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/mirror/cs.nyu.edu/pub/gnat ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/gnat ftp://ftp.fsz.bme.hu/pub/ada/gnat ============================================================================ Since the front end of GNAT is written in Ada, you need a running version of GNAT in order to build GNAT from the sources. Once you have GNAT running on your system, most releases can be built from previous ones. To get started initially (and when there are boostrap problems that will be documented here) you need to install GNAT from a binary distribution. We anticipate that many people will never have an interest in building GNAT, and will therefore simply pick up new binary distributions. Intructions for installing and running GNAT are in each distribution. The source distributions also contain instructions for building GNAT. Make sure that you transfer with ftp in binary mode. ===============================================================================