Package: libgnatprj-dev Version: 3.15p-16 Severity: serious One of the changes I'm experimenting with in GNAT is to change the GNAT_Version_String (declared in gnatvsn.ads, and displayed by "gnatmake -v") to reflect the Debian version number. My intention is to allow ASIS and GLADE to use this shared version string, instead of providing their own (they both contain a copy of parts of GNAT, and I'd like to stop that so that they can benefit from bug fixes made in GNAT). Another reason for doing this is that the GCC packages (gnat-3.4, gnat-4.0) also do that.
I've just discovered that changing the GNAT_Version_String with every Debian release (e.g. "Debian 3.15p-14") was a bad idea, because GNAT keeps the CRC of the source (gnatvsn.ads) in the corresponding library information file (gnatvsn.ali). And if the CRC changes, then everything that depends on gnatvsn.ads must be recompiled. The latest upload is currently gnat 3.15p-16 and it breaks ASIS, GLADE and GPS (they can still run, but GLADE and GPS fail to build from source). Therefore, the GNAT_Version_String should not change, unless the soname of the library changes. Starting with -17, the GNAT_Version_String will be "3.15p (Debian)" instead of "3.15p (Debian 3.15p-16)". I'm cloning this bug for gnat-3.4 and gnat-4.0, which also have this problem, but with low severity, because no package depends on them. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (600, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-2-686 Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages libgnatprj-dev depends on: ii gnat 3.15p-16 The GNU Ada 95 compiler ii libgnatprj-3.15p 3.15p-16 GNU Ada Project file support libra libgnatprj-dev recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
