Re: [Ada-mode-users] ada-gnat-xref, ada-gnat-xref-all with .gpr project files: gnat: 'gnat find -P' is no longer supported;

[Stephen Leake]

Ludovic Brenta <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello,
>
> We're (finally) switching to GPR project files for our build process
> and, at the same time, trying to switch to them for the editing and
> navigation in source files.  Unfortunately we're doing this right at
> the same time as GNAT Pro is dropping support for project files from
> all utilities except gprbuild; gnat find now says:
>
> gnat: 'gnat find -P' is no longer supported;
>
> Investigating in ada-mode, I see that the invocation of "gnat find"
> is hardcoded in ada-gnat-xref and ada-gnat-xref-all.  But I also see
> that gnatfind still supports project files, with "-p" not "-P":
>
> gnatfind -ptact_tacot.gpr -a
> Count_Location_Editor:reroute_editor.adb:9:6
> count_location_editor.ads:12:9: (spec) Count_Location_Editor
>
> Patch attached; I prepared this against revision
> 039320f4f3f803d860ec5dbae3f3b760c9debc89; this will get us going until
> gnatfind also drops project file support.

Ok.

There is also gpr-query, which is the intended replacement for gnat
find. See the user guide for using it. It requires compiling and
installing an Ada program - after that, using it is automatic.

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