[llvm-commits] [llvm] r65435 - /llvm/trunk/docs/GettingStarted.html

[Nick Lewycky]

Author: nicholas
Date: Wed Feb 25 00:29:47 2009
New Revision: 65435

URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=65435&view=rev
Log:
Recommend against using Gold to build LLVM.

Modified:
    llvm/trunk/docs/GettingStarted.html

Modified: llvm/trunk/docs/GettingStarted.html
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/docs/GettingStarted.html?rev=65435&r1=65434&r2=65435&view=diff

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--- llvm/trunk/docs/GettingStarted.html (original)
+++ llvm/trunk/docs/GettingStarted.html Wed Feb 25 00:29:47 2009
@@ -556,6 +556,12 @@
 causes huge link times (minutes instead of seconds) when building LLVM.  We
 recommend upgrading to a newer version (2.17.50.0.4 or later).</p>
 
+<p><b>GNU Binutils 2.19.1 Gold</b>: Gold contains
+<a href="http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9836">a bug</a>
+which causes intermittent failures when building LLVM with position independent
+code.  The symptom is an error about cyclic dependencies.  We recommend not
+using Gold to build LLVM until this bug is resolved.</p>
+
 </div>