Ada support in gcc-core 11.4.0-1 package

[Eliot Moss]

On 9/7/2023 7:00 PM, Harry Rockefeller via Cygwin wrote:
> The message I get when trying to install gcc-ada 11.4.0-1 doesn't make
> sense.
> It says "installed package gcc-core obsoletes gcc-ada (of same version
> number) do not ask to install"
> When I run cygcheck on this package:
> with -c it says it is "OK";
> with -l and pipe to grep it has zero matches of: Ada, ada, and gnat.
> When I try to compile a simple hello.adb program it says it cannot find
> "gnat1".

As I recall there was a recent posting observing that, since
certain run-time components are not available under Cygwin,
gnu-ada is not being distributed.  I suggest you search the
mail archives for details.

Best - Eliot Moss