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authorDale Johannesen <dalej@apple.com>2008-06-12 17:04:09 +0000
committerDale Johannesen <dalej@apple.com>2008-06-12 17:04:09 +0000
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Improve description of -emit-llvm.
git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@52238 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
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diff --git a/docs/CommandGuide/llvmgcc.pod b/docs/CommandGuide/llvmgcc.pod
index 0b2b156..9892ca7 100644
--- a/docs/CommandGuide/llvmgcc.pod
+++ b/docs/CommandGuide/llvmgcc.pod
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@ version of gcc that compiles C/ObjC programs into native objects, LLVM
bitcode or LLVM assembly language, depending upon the options.
By default, B<llvm-gcc> compiles to native objects just like GCC does. If the
-B<-emit-llvm> option is given then it will generate LLVM bitcode files instead.
-If B<-S> (assembly) is also given, then it will generate LLVM assembly.
+B<-emit-llvm> and B<-c> options are given then it will generate LLVM bitcode files
+instead. If B<-emit-llvm> and B<-S> are given, then it will generate LLVM
+assembly.
Being derived from the GNU Compiler Collection, B<llvm-gcc> has many
of gcc's features and accepts most of gcc's options. It handles a
-number of gcc's extensions to the C programming language.
+number of gcc's extensions to the C programming language. See the gcc
+documentation for details.
=head1 OPTIONS
@@ -30,18 +32,6 @@ number of gcc's extensions to the C programming language.
Print a summary of command line options.
-=item B<-S>
-
-Do not generate an LLVM bitcode file. Rather, compile the source
-file into an LLVM assembly language file.
-
-=item B<-c>
-
-Do not generate a linked executable. Rather, compile the source
-file into an LLVM bitcode file. This bitcode file can then be
-linked with other bitcode files later on to generate a full LLVM
-executable.
-
=item B<-o> I<filename>
Specify the output file to be I<filename>.
@@ -63,8 +53,9 @@ be a bitcode library.
=item B<-emit-llvm>
-Make the output be LLVM bitcode (or assembly) instead of native object (or
-assembly).
+Make the output be LLVM bitcode (with B<-c>) or assembly (with B<-s>) instead
+of native object (or assembly). If B<-emit-llvm> is given without either B<-c>
+or B<-S> it has no effect.
=back