[llvm-commits] CVS: llvm/docs/GettingStarted.html

Chris Lattner lattner at cs.uiuc.edu
Sun Feb 13 14:21:04 PST 2005



Changes in directory llvm/docs:

GettingStarted.html updated: 1.112 -> 1.113
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Log message:

SuSE 3.3.3 is also borken.


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Diffs of the changes:  (+9 -5)

 GettingStarted.html |   14 +++++++++-----
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)


Index: llvm/docs/GettingStarted.html
diff -u llvm/docs/GettingStarted.html:1.112 llvm/docs/GettingStarted.html:1.113
--- llvm/docs/GettingStarted.html:1.112	Sat Feb 12 14:11:13 2005
+++ llvm/docs/GettingStarted.html	Sun Feb 13 16:20:49 2005
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@
 <p>LLVM is very demanding of the host C++ compiler, and as such tends to expose
 bugs in the compiler.  In particular, several versions of GCC crash when trying
 to compile LLVM.  We routinely use GCC 3.3.3 and GCC 3.4.0 and have had success
-with them (except on Cygwin, see below).  Other versions of GCC will probably
+with them (however, see below).  Other versions of GCC will probably
 work as well.  GCC versions listed
 here are known to not work.  If you are using one of these versions, please try
 to upgrade your GCC to something more recent.  If you run into a problem with a
@@ -477,9 +477,13 @@
 href="http://gcc.gnu.org/PR13392">serious bug</a> which causes it to crash in
 the "<tt>convert_from_eh_region_ranges_1</tt>" GCC function.</p>
 
-<p><b>GCC 3.3.3</b>: The version of GCC 3.3.3 commonly shipped with Cygwin does
-   not work.  Please <a href="CFEBuildInstrs.html#cygwin">upgrade to a newer
-   version</a> if possible.  Note that this apparently only affects Cygwin.</p>
+<p><b>Cygwin GCC 3.3.3</b>: The version of GCC 3.3.3 commonly shipped with 
+   Cygwin does not work.  Please <a href="CFEBuildInstrs.html#cygwin">upgrade 
+   to a newer version</a> if possible.</p>
+<p><b>SuSE GCC 3.3.3</b>: The version of GCC 3.3.3 shipped with SuSE 9.1 (and 
+   possibly others) does not compile LLVM correctly (it appears that exception 
+   handling is broken in some cases).  Please download the FSF 3.3.3 or upgrade
+   to a newer version of GCC.</p>
 </div>
 
 
@@ -1500,7 +1504,7 @@
   <a href="mailto:sabre at nondot.org">Chris Lattner</a><br>
   <a href="http://llvm.x10sys.com/rspencer/">Reid Spencer</a><br>
   <a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu">The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure</a><br>
-  Last modified: $Date: 2005/02/12 20:11:13 $
+  Last modified: $Date: 2005/02/13 22:20:49 $
 </address>
 </body>
 </html>






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