Re: Switching to GPS 2019 with GtkADA 2019

[Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>]

"ldries46" <bertus.dries@planet.nl> writes:

> In the last version of the GNAT Programming Studio (2017 or 2018)I
> used in the gpr file line
> Library_Type : Build_Kind := external ("LIBRARY_TYPE");
> The program was compiled without problems
> In version 2019 the file cannot be compiled anymore now I must use
> Library_Type : Build_Kind := "static";
> to reach the same effect
> The Library that is responsible is the GtkADA library What name must I
> use for this library
>
> with "gtkada";
>
> project Template is
>
>   for Object_Dir use "./build";
>   for Exec_Dir use ".";
>   type Build_Kind is
>      ("static", "relocatable");

You need

   Library_Type : Build_Kind := external ("LIBRARY_TYPE", "static");

which means that if you don't have LIBRARY_TYPE defined (either in the
environment, or via the gprbuild flag -XLIBRARY_TYPE=relocatable) it'll
default to "static".

I don't know how using your first version (without the default) and
without having LIBRARY_TYPE defined could ever have worked, this has
been as it is now for a long time.

> --    Library_Type : Build_Kind := external ("LIBRARY_TYPE");
> --    Library_Type : Build_Kind := "static";
>
>   case Library_Type is