> > Stuart Brorson wrote: > > > > Amongst the new packages on the CD will be GHDL. However, there is a > > problem with GHDL: It is basically an extension (or front end) for > > gcc, and it requires that you co-compile it with gcc-4.0.2. That is, > > installing GHDL involves re-compiling gcc, and requires a very > > specific version of gcc to boot. > > [...] > > > What do people prefer? > > > > Stuart > > I wonder whether it would make sense to add the whole gcc software that > matches ghdl along with and compile it all together? Also maybe not have > the resulting application be gcc, but called something else, so it could > live along with the gcc version of a native [linux] distribution for > example?
I thought about doing something like this. Then I tried to build GHDL (and gcc-4.0.2) manually. (I build all the CD's packages manually first so as to understand how they build when I put them into the CD.) Compilation of gcc (with vhdl enabled) failed on my FC1 machine. Therefore, I am leaning strongly towards just putting the tarballs on the CD for the user to find and manually install. Unless, of course, I find my self with a lot of free time before the next CD release. . . . . Stuart
