Subject: GNAT README
Last Updated Jul 15, 2003 14:30 EDT

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Bug reports should be sent to report@gnat.com following the format given 
in gnatinfo.txt.  Bug reports from unsupported users are welcome although 
we cannot guarantee a response.

This is the README which is located on cs.nyu.edu in pub/gnat 
(via anonymous ftp).  It contains information about recent distributions 
of GNAT.

The pub/gnat directory contains recent releases of GNAT.

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UPDATE NEWS::

Additional FTP sites which mirror the pub/gnat directory are listed later
on under GNAT Mirror Sites. These sites are generally updated within 24
hours of changes at cs.nyu.edu.

GPS 1.2.2 Academic Edition is now available for the following configurations:
     x86 GNU-Linux
     Sparc Solaris
     Windows

The GPS (GNAT Programming System) binaries and source can be found in the 
gps directory.

Version GNAT 3.15p release:
   The binary distribution is now available for the following configurations:
      x86-linux (redhat 7.x)
      sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1 (will also run on solaris 2.5, 2.6, 7, 8)
      Windows 95 / Windows 98 / Windows NT / Windows 2000 / Windows XP

The 3.15p binaries and source can be found in the 3.15p directory.

All binaries are built on top of GCC 2.8.1.

Full documentation is now available:
    gnat-3.15p-docs.tar.gz (documentation in ascii, html, postscript, texi)

Distributed Systems Annex
    Announcing GLADE 3.15p, the Ada 95 Distributed Systems Annex 
    implementation for GNAT.  GLADE is an environment for developing 
    distributed applications based on Annex E of the Ada 95 Reference Manual.
    This environment comprises:

      - a complete PCS (Partition Communication System)
      - a compiler for a simple partition description language
      - utilities to build and start distributed applications

   This release works with GNAT 3.15p on Sparc/Solaris, PC/Linux, Alpha
   Digital Unix, Windows NT.  The release can be found in the 
   "3.15p/glade" directory.

ASIS
   A full Ada 95 ASIS implementation for GNAT is available in the
   directory "3.15p/asis".

The file "features" which lists the various enhancements and that are 
implemented in the lastest version of GNAT is located both in the 
pub/gnat directory and as part of each distribution.  It is updated 
to reflect new features put into the latest release.

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Mirror Sites:

US sites:
ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/languages/ada/compiler/gnat/distrib

European sites:
ftp://ftp.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/Ada-Belgium/mirrors/gnu-ada
ftp://ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/mirror/cs.nyu.edu/pub/gnat
ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/gnat
ftp://ftp.fsz.bme.hu/pub/ada/gnat

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Since the front end of GNAT is written in Ada, you need a running version
of GNAT in order to build GNAT from the sources.  Once you have GNAT
running on your system, most releases can be built from previous ones.
To get started initially (and when there are boostrap problems that will
be documented here) you need to install GNAT from a binary distribution.
We anticipate that many people will never have an interest in building
GNAT, and will therefore simply pick up new binary distributions.

Intructions for installing and running GNAT are in each distribution.  The
source distributions also contain instructions for building GNAT.

Make sure that you transfer with ftp in binary mode.

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