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Subject: Re: help bootstrapping gprbuild & Ada newcomer problems
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Den m=C3=A5ndag 29 juni 2020 kl. 16:51:10 UTC+2 skrev deadhacker:
> Hello all.
>=20
> I'm having trouble building gprbuild & xmlada.  I have Gnat installed & w=
orking, but I'm new to Ada & don't have gprbuild, so I must bootstrap it.
>=20
> I see that there's a lot of recent activity in {https://github.com/AdaCor=
e/gprbuild/}, including people with similar problems, so for now I'll watch=
 that in the hopes that a near-future change will fix things.
>=20
> But my question for comp.lang.ada is...
>=20
> Are these types of problems common for newcomers to Ada?  If so, are the =
problems old, or are they recent, maybe due to increased recent interest in=
 Ada?
>=20
> Thanks.

To elaborate on J-P. Rosen's answer go to https://www.adacore.com/download =
and install the GNAT from there. No need to build gprbuild nor xmlada yours=
elf.

Best regards,
Joakim