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authorReid Spencer <rspencer@reidspencer.com>2004-12-31 19:48:59 +0000
committerReid Spencer <rspencer@reidspencer.com>2004-12-31 19:48:59 +0000
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Describe both objdir==srcdir and objdir!=srcdir methods of building LLVM
libraries and tools. Thanks to Henrik Bach for this suggestion. git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@19204 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
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@@ -82,11 +82,7 @@ not with:<br/>
</p></div>
<!--=========================================================================-->
-<div class="doc_subsection">
- <a name="aix">Building under AIX</a>
-</div>
-<!--=========================================================================-->
-
+<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="aix">Building under AIX</a></div>
<div class="doc_text">
<p>If you are building LLVM and the GCC front-end under AIX, do NOT use GNU
Binutils. They are not stable under AIX and may produce incorrect and/or
@@ -103,17 +99,26 @@ invalid code. Instead, use the system assembler and linker.
<div class="doc_text">
<p>
<ol>
-<li><p>Configure and build the LLVM libraries and tools using:</p>
-<pre>
+<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 not. It is recommended
+that <i>srcdir</i> not be the same as <i>objdir</i>:</p>
+<ul>
+ <li>With <i>objdir</i> != <i>srcdir</i>:<pre>
+ % cd <i>objdir</i>
+ % <i>srcdir</i>/configure --prefix=/some/path/you/can/install/to [options...]
+ % gmake tools-only
+ </pre></li>
+ <li>With <i>objdir</i> == <i>srcdir</i>:<pre>
% cd llvm
% ./configure --prefix=/some/path/you/can/install/to [options...]
% gmake tools-only
-</pre>
- <p>This will build all of the LLVM tools and libraries. The <tt>--prefix</tt>
- option defaults to /usr/local (per configure standards) but unless you are a
- system administrator, you probably won't be able to install LLVM there because
- of permissions. Specify a path into which LLVM can be installed (e.g.
- <tt>--prefix=/home/user/llvm</tt>).</p>
+ </pre></li>
+</ul>
+<p>This will build all of the LLVM tools and libraries. The <tt>--prefix</tt>
+option defaults to /usr/local (per configure standards) but unless you are a
+system administrator, you probably won't be able to install LLVM there because
+of permissions. Specify a path into which LLVM can be installed (e.g.
+<tt>--prefix=/home/user/llvm</tt>).</p>
</li>
<li><p>Add the directory containing the tools to your PATH.</p>