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author | Chris Lattner <sabre@nondot.org> | 2006-07-11 20:47:00 +0000 |
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committer | Chris Lattner <sabre@nondot.org> | 2006-07-11 20:47:00 +0000 |
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Revamp this doc to be accurate w.r.t. building llvmgcc4
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diff --git a/docs/CFEBuildInstrs.html b/docs/CFEBuildInstrs.html index c71d68b..fa49c29 100644 --- a/docs/CFEBuildInstrs.html +++ b/docs/CFEBuildInstrs.html @@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ <li><a href="#aix">Building under AIX</a></li> </ul> </li> - <li><a href="#instructions">Instructions</a></li> + <li><a href="#instructions">llvm-gcc4 Instructions</a></li> + <li><a href="#llvm-gcc3-instructions">llvm-gcc3 Instructions</a></li> <li><a href="#license">License Information</a></li> </ol> @@ -36,9 +37,10 @@ <div class="doc_text"> <p>This document is intended to explain the process of building the -LLVM C/C++ front-end, based on GCC 3.4, from its source code. You -would have to do this, for example, if you are porting LLVM to a new -architecture or operating system.</p> +LLVM C/C++ front-end from its source code. You have to do this, for example, if +you are porting LLVM to a new architecture or operating system, if you are +working from Top-Of-Tree CVS/SVN, or if there is no precompiled snapshot +available.</p> <p><b>NOTE:</b> This is currently a somewhat fragile, error-prone process, and you should <b>only</b> try to do it if:</p> @@ -71,7 +73,8 @@ and Settings" directory). We welcome patches to fix this issue. versions is incapable of compiling the LLVM GCC front-end correctly. If your Cygwin installation includes GCC 3.3.3, we <i>strongly</i> recommend that you download -GCC 3.4.3, build it separately, and use it for compiling the LLVM GCC front-end. This has been +GCC 3.4.3, build it separately, and use it for compiling the LLVM GCC front-end. + This has been shown to work correctly.</p> <p>Some versions of Cygwin utilize an experimental version of GNU binutils that will cause the GNU <tt>ld</tt> linker to fail an assertion when linking @@ -94,18 +97,24 @@ invalid code. Instead, use the system assembler and linker. <!-- *********************************************************************** --> <div class="doc_section"> - <a name="instructions">Instructions</a> + <a name="instructions">llvm-gcc4 Instructions</a> </div> <!-- *********************************************************************** --> <div class="doc_text"> -<p> + +<p>This section describes how to aquire and build llvm-gcc4, which is based on +the GCC 4.0.1 front-end. This front-end supports C, C++, Objective-C, and +Objective-C++. Note that the instructions for building this front-end are +completely different than those for building llvm-gcc3. +</p> + <ol> <li> <p>Retrieve the appropriate llvm-gcc4-x.y.source.tar.gz archive from the llvm web site.</p> <p>It is also possible to download the sources of the llvm-gcc4 front end from -a read-only mirror using subversion. To check out the code the first time use; +a read-only mirror using subversion. To check out the code the first time use: </p> <tt>svn co svn://anonsvn.opensource.apple.com/svn/llvm <i>dst-directory</i></tt> @@ -117,6 +126,23 @@ a read-only mirror using subversion. To check out the code the first time use; <p>The mirror is brought up to date every evening.</p> </li> + +<li>Follow the directions in the top-level README.LLVM file for up-to-date + instructions on how to build llvm-gcc4.</li> +</ol> +</div> + +<!-- *********************************************************************** --> +<div class="doc_section"> + <a name="llvm-gcc3-instructions">llvm-gcc3 Instructions</a> +</div> +<!-- *********************************************************************** --> + +<div class="doc_text"> +<ol> +<li>Aquire llvm-gcc3 from <a href="GettingStarted.html#checkout">LLVM CVS</a> or +from a <a href="http://llvm.org/releases/">release tarball</a>.</li> + <li><p>Configure and build the LLVM libraries and tools. There are two ways to do this: either with <i>objdir</i> == <i>srcdir</i> or <i>objdir</i> != <i>srcdir</i>. It is recommended @@ -314,51 +340,8 @@ COPYING.LIB for more details. </p> <p> -The software also has the following additional copyrights: +More information is <a href="FAQ.html#license">available in the FAQ</a>. </p> - -<pre> - -Copyright (c) 2003, 2004, 2005 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. -All rights reserved. - -Developed by: - - LLVM Team - - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - - http://llvm.org - -THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR -IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS -FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE -CONTRIBUTORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER -LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, -OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS WITH THE -SOFTWARE. - -Copyright (c) 1994 -Hewlett-Packard Company - -Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this software -and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, -provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and -that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear -in supporting documentation. Hewlett-Packard Company makes no -representations about the suitability of this software for any -purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. - -Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 -Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc. - -Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this software -and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, -provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and -that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear -in supporting documentation. Silicon Graphics makes no -representations about the suitability of this software for any -purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. </pre> </div> |