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'po_gnatdist' error regarding 'a-sttebu'

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Description

When I compile the bank application in the PolyORB examples or my own DSA application I get an error referring to 'a-sttebu.ali' and 'a-sttebu.ads', which I believe is new in GNAT 2022.

I found this 'workaround' ...

In the folder from which po_gnatdist is invoked ...

$ cp /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/13.2.1/adainclude/a-sttebu.ads .

$ mkdir --parents dsa/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/obj

$ cp /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/13.2.1/adalib/a-sttebu.ali dsa/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/obj/

I am using Arch linux and GCC '13.2.1'.

I have tried building polyorb with the '-gnat2022' flag in place of '-gnat12', unfortunately to no avail.

The full error messages are ...

[rod@orth bank]$ po_gnatdist simcity.cfg
/usr/bin/gnat list polyorb.ali -Ppolyorb -s -aP/usr/lib/gnat
/usr/bin/gprbuild simcity_monolithic_app.adb -c -P /tmp/makepkg/polyorb/src/PolyORB/examples/dsa/bank/dsa/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/simcity_dist_app.gpr -margs -aP/usr/lib/gnat
Compile
[Ada] simcity_monolithic_app.adb
[Ada] client.adb
[Ada] manager.adb
[Ada] polyorb-dsa_p-partitions.adb
[Ada] server.adb
[Ada] message.adb
[Ada] terminal.ads
[Ada] types.ads
[Ada] bank.adb
[Ada] alarm.ads
/usr/bin/gnat list simcity_monolithic_app.ali -V -P /tmp/makepkg/polyorb/src/PolyORB/examples/dsa/bank/dsa/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/simcity_dist_app.gpr -aP/usr/lib/gnat
/usr/bin/gnat list a-sttebu.ali client.ali manager.ali polyorb.ali polyorb-dsa_p.ali polyorb-dsa_p-partitions.ali server.ali -V -P /tmp/makepkg/polyorb/src/PolyORB/examples/dsa/bank/dsa/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/simcity_dist_app.gpr -aP/usr/lib/gnat
Can't find source for a-sttebu.ali
/usr/bin/gnat compile /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/13.2.1/adainclude/a-sttebu.adb -gnatc -P /tmp/makepkg/polyorb/src/PolyORB/examples/dsa/bank/dsa/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/simcity_dist_app.gpr -margs -aP/usr/lib/gnat
gprbuild: "/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/13.2.1/adainclude/a-sttebu.adb" was not found in the sources of any project
/usr/bin/gnat list a-sttebu.ali -V -P /tmp/makepkg/polyorb/src/PolyORB/examples/dsa/bank/dsa/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/simcity_dist_app.gpr -aP/usr/lib/gnat
Can't find source for a-sttebu.ali
po_gnatdist: failed to load ALI for /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/13.2.1/adainclude/a-sttebu.adb
po_gnatdist: *** can't continue

Regards.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the PolyORB examples/dsa/bank failure with po_gnatdist simcity.cfg on GCC 13.2.1, then inspect how po_gnatdist handles a-sttebu.ali and a-sttebu.ads and the generated dsa/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/obj directory. Done means the bank application builds without manually copying those files.

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build-system, distributed-systems
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Estimated time
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