Jack Howarth wrote:
>   I've considered adding ada to the compilers built in the
> gcc4X packages and have decided against it. The ada developers
> refuse to attempt to create a version of ada that can be boot
> strapped from a c compiler. This means that gcc4X would develop
> a BuildDepends on a prebuilt ada compiler from an external source
> (which was built with a pre-existing ada compiler). This defeats
> the purpose of having fink build everything from scratch with
> the exception of the Xcode tools. FYI.

Fink has other compilers that require a pre-built compiler to bootstrap.
 Are you getting requests for ada?

Peter
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