It sounds like this might be a question for comp.lang.ada if you guys don't get it cracked soon. Jerry
On Mar 4, 2007, at 3:27 PM, Alan W. Irwin wrote: > On 2007-03-04 22:09+0100 Werner Smekal wrote: > >> >> I think gnat1, which is called by gcc, doesn't accept a object >> file name with >> any other ending as .o - I tried some other file endings and we >> have the same >> problem. So I think this is also a dead end - this is a bug of >> gnat1 and we >> need a work around... > > Thanks for your investigation of the Ada/MinGW case. > > I know your time is quite limited right now, but when you get a > chance could > you also do a similar investigation for Cygwin? If Cygwin accepts > the *.obj > form of output files for Ada, then that reinforces your belief the > MinGW > problem with the .obj extension is a bug, and I would be tempted > write-off > Ada on MinGW until they correct the bug. OTOH, if Cygwin also > cannot accept > the *.obj form of output files, then it might be a (stupid) Ada > policy to > always enforce *.o extensions for compiled objects regardless of > platform, > and we should find a workaround such as writing a bash script to > compile Ada > programmes. > > Alan > __________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
