How to break the bootstrapping chain

2006-12-08 Thread Karel Miklav
I'm trying to maintain the gnat-gcc* Ada compiler ports, currently there are gnat-gcc34 and 41. I'd like to introduce newer versions, and retire experimental 34, which is built from an ancient binary which requires FreeBSD 4 compatibility. I'd like to know: 1. what do I have to do that gnat-gcc

Re: How to break the bootstrapping chain

2006-12-08 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 10:12:04PM +0100, Karel Miklav wrote: I'm trying to maintain the gnat-gcc* Ada compiler ports, currently there are gnat-gcc34 and 41. I'd like to introduce newer versions, and retire experimental 34, which is built from an ancient binary which requires FreeBSD 4

Re: How to break the bootstrapping chain

2006-12-08 Thread Daniel Eischen
On Fri, 8 Dec 2006, Karel Miklav wrote: I'm trying to maintain the gnat-gcc* Ada compiler ports, currently there are gnat-gcc34 and 41. I'd like to introduce newer versions, and retire experimental 34, which is built from an ancient binary which requires FreeBSD 4 compatibility. I'd like to

Re: How to break the bootstrapping chain

2006-12-08 Thread Karel Miklav
Kris Kennaway wrote: On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 10:12:04PM +0100, Karel Miklav wrote: 1. what do I have to do that gnat-gcc packages will appear on FreeBSD FTP sites? Get a buildable package committed to the FreeBSD ports tree. Ups, sorry, they _are_ on the main site. They're just not

Re: How to break the bootstrapping chain

2006-12-08 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Sat, Dec 09, 2006 at 12:14:43AM +0100, Karel Miklav wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 10:12:04PM +0100, Karel Miklav wrote: 1. what do I have to do that gnat-gcc packages will appear on FreeBSD FTP sites? Get a buildable package committed to the FreeBSD ports tree.

Re: How to break the bootstrapping chain

2006-12-08 Thread Thierry Thomas
Le Sam 9 déc 06 à 0:14:43 +0100, Karel Miklav [EMAIL PROTECTED] écrivait : Kris Kennaway wrote: On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 10:12:04PM +0100, Karel Miklav wrote: 1. what do I have to do that gnat-gcc packages will appear on FreeBSD FTP sites? Get a buildable package committed to the

Re: How to break the bootstrapping chain

2006-12-08 Thread Karel Miklav
Thank you Daniel. Now when I see that the gnat-gcc packages actually are on the FTP servers, there's no need to panic. Those who are not comfortable with backwards compatibility stuff installed as a result of building from ports can just install the package. There's not really much to improve,