[cfe-dev] LLVM-Clang Windows Setup

[Douglas Gregor]

On Jul 5, 2009, at 9:04 AM, AlisdairM(public) wrote:

> [I’m posting to the Clang dev list in case anyone else want to add  
> something]
>
> I should get round to finishing that Windows user guide I was  
> writing ;¬)

That would be great!

> First, understand that Clang is a sub-project of LLVM, so to get the  
> right build environment first check out LLVM from SVN, then check  
> out Clang into the LLVM tools directory.  I’m using RapidSVN for my  
> SVN client, although that is proving fiddly when generating patch  
> files:
>
> http://rapidsvn.tigris.org/

I typically recommend TortoiseSVN:

	http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/


> Finally, some of the cmake tools seem to want Perl and Python to be  
> available so I downloaded and set those up too, although I seem to  
> have a working system despite not having these tools in the path  
> when running cmake, so maybe those are optional?
>
> http://strawberryperl.com/
> http://www.python.org/download/

Clang's regression testing uses Python. Perl is only needed for  
building llvm-config, which is generally pointless on Windows.

> For my needs I am purely developing the C++ aspects of Clang, which  
> are essentially running syntax checks only on my test files.  I have  
> not yet got Clang/LLVM linking and running C programs because I have  
> not had the need to yet.

Clang doesn't have support for the Windows ABI, so you won't be able  
to execute Clang-built programs on Windows.

> Also, I am not getting automated running of the test suite yet.

That's the Python bit, although I don't know if anyone's tried it :)

	- Doug