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On Sunday, August 16, 2020 at 2:38:25 AM UTC+10, Kevin K wrote:
> I hadn't seen this before today. The main impediment to me with the free =
version compared to the community edition is that with the community editio=
n Adacore took a set of packages that build together correctly. I tried to =
build a set of components from the free version (gcc 8.2 and later), gprbui=
ld, etc. At the time, the other important components didn't all build succe=
ssfully. Some components were ahead of others. So I wasn't able to build, f=
or example, gps.
Unfortunately,   the  Adacore community 2020 edition doesn't include gps so=
 I am currently using the community 2020 tool-chain and gps from community =
2019. I did try to build gps from the current Adacore community source but =
was unsuccessful. The main problem being that Adacore seem to be in the mid=
st of doing the necessary upgrade from Python 2 to Python3. I did attempt t=
o do Python3 modifications myself but eventually got to a stage where I cou=
ld proceed no further.