Matthew Wilcox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 11:33:18AM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: >> Please drop shared library support altogether. It is currently not >> worth the trouble. GNAT ABIs change from version to version, and the >> run-time library can be built only with the corresponding version of >> the compiler. This means that a lot of work is required each time a >> new GNAT version is released. > > How is this different from G++?
Not much, I fear. One C++ ABI transition per year has to be expected from now on? (ACT releases a new public version about once a year.) The key differences are G++'s large user base and the GCC maintainer team. GNAT (at least the 3.1?p version) has no Debian maintainer at the moment, and nobody complained that a central package (libgtkada1) fails to build from source etc.
