[cfe-commits] [libcxx] r167490 - /libcxx/trunk/www/index.html

[Jonathan Sauer]

Hello,

>>> -  <p>To build on Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), you need a helper library and header 
>>> -    <a href="http://home.roadrunner.com/~hinnant/libcppabi.zip">found here</a>.
>>> -    cp cxxabi.h to /usr/include, and cp libc++abi.dylib to /usr/lib.  On Mac OS
>>> -    X 10.7 (Lion) and later, this helper library and header are already installed
>>> -    for you.
>> 
>> Is the helper library/header no longer necessary on 10.6?
> 
> It is still needed.  I don't think people should be using it.  It was never officially supported.  I hung it off my personal website in desperation several years ago when that was the best option.  It no longer is.  The best option is to upgrade your OS.

Not everybody has the option or wants to upgrade their OS, and I don't think that the helper library
being unsupported is a reason to remove above text. Of course I can only speak for myself, but in the
ca. two years of using it I never had any problems with it. If you don't want to host it any longer, it
should be possible to add it to LLVM's SVN so it can still be used by those who want to use libc++ on
OS 10.6 or earlier.


Jonathan