> Unfortunately it's not OK, these are the most annoying/delicate dependencies, > so > we'd rather not reintroduce them. I'll instead update prerequisites to > document that GCC 5.1 or later is required to build GNAT.
Now pushed on master: Update prerequisites for GNAT * doc/install.texi: Update prerequisites for GNAT diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi index 54ad7c7..96b4dfc 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/install.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi @@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ name of the package depends on your distro) or you must build GCC as a @item @anchor{GNAT-prerequisite}GNAT In order to build GNAT, the Ada compiler, you need a working GNAT -compiler (GCC version 4.7 or later). +compiler (GCC version 5.1 or later). This includes GNAT tools such as @command{gnatmake} and @command{gnatlink}, since the Ada front end is written in Ada and