i've bootstraped gcc41 from an old gcc40 and now trying to rebuild it. bootrstrapped ada works...
$ gcc -v Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc/alpha-pld-linux/4.1.0/specs Target: alpha-pld-linux Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man --x-libraries=/usr/X11R6/lib --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-languages=c,ada --enable-c99 --enable-long-long --disable-multilib --enable-nls --disable-werror --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld --with-demangler-in-ld --with-system-zlib --with-slibdir=/lib --without-x alpha-pld-linux Thread model: posix gcc version 4.1.0 20051206 (prerelease) $ cat hello_world.adb with TEXT_IO; Procedure Hello_world is begin Text_io.put("Hello world!"); end; $ gnatmake hello_world.adb gnatbind -x hello_world.ali gnatlink hello_world.ali <built-in>:0: warning: 'const' attribute directive ignored <built-in>:0: warning: 'nothrow' attribute directive ignored (...) $ ldd ./hello_world libgnat-4.1.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgnat-4.1.so.1 (0x000002000002c000) libc.so.6.1 => /lib/tls/libc.so.6.1 (0x0000020000326000) libm.so.6.1 => /lib/tls/libm.so.6.1 (0x000002000049c000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x000002000052a000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x0000020000000000) $ ./hello_world Hello world! ...but configure reports errors :O Executing(%build): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.17369 + umask 022 + cd /home/users/builder2/rpm/BUILD + cd gcc-4_1-branch + LANG=C + export LANG + unset DISPLAY + : + cd obj-alpha-pld-linux + ../configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man --x-libraries=/usr/X11R6/lib --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,ada --enable-c99 --enable-long-long --disable-multilib --enable-nls --disable-werror --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld --with-demangler-in-ld --with-system-zlib --with-slibdir=/lib --without-x --enable-cmath alpha-pld-linux + CFLAGS=-O2 -mieee CXXFLAGS=-O2 -mieee TEXCONFIG=false loading cache ./config.cache checking host system type... alpha-pld-linux-gnu checking target system type... alpha-pld-linux-gnu checking build system type... alpha-pld-linux-gnu checking for a BSD compatible install... (cached) /usr/bin/install -c checking whether ln works... (cached) yes checking whether ln -s works... (cached) yes checking for gcc... (cached) gcc checking whether the C compiler (gcc -O2 -mieee ) works... yes checking whether the C compiler (gcc -O2 -mieee ) is a cross-compiler... no checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes checking for gnatbind... (cached) gnatbind checking whether compiler driver understands Ada... (cached) no checking how to compare bootstrapped objects... (cached) cmp --ignore-initial=16 $$f1 $$f2 checking for correct version of gmp.h... yes checking for MPFR... yes configure: error: The following requested languages could not be built: ada Recognised languages are: c,ada,c++,fortran,java,objc,obj-c++,treelang error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.17369 (%build) -- Summary: ./configure : ada couldn't be build (but host-ada works) Product: gcc Version: 4.1.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: other AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: pluto at agmk dot net GCC build triplet: alpha-linux GCC host triplet: alpha-linux GCC target triplet: alpha-linux http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25462