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gcc / ada

Date

2026-01-26

Author

Sebastian Poeplau

Commit

b1f2426168437e74ffecdf0ba2189c89dd555d37

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github

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project: gcc
subsystem: ada
patch_id: —
commit_hash: b1f2426168437e74ffecdf0ba2189c89dd555d37
source_type: github
headline: Ada: Remove libutil dependency on Linux.
tldr: The Ada compiler removes the dependency on libutil when targeting Linux.
author: Sebastian Poeplau
outcome: committed
performance_win: false
breaking_change: false
series_id: —
series_parts: []
tags: • ada
• Linux
• dependency
discussion_id_link: —
bugzilla_pr: —
url: https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/commit/b1f2426168437e74ffecdf0ba2189c89dd555d37
date: 2026-01-26T00:00:00.000Z

The Ada runtime no longer depends on libutil when targeting Linux. This synchronizes the GPR build with the Makefile build, where the dependency was already absent. Since libutil is often empty on Linux, this simplifies the dependencies.