[LLVMdev] Bugs in Getting Started Guide

[Ted Neward]

I think that (a) the cookbook approach to create a "default" installation
gcc installed someplace that makes sense 50 to 70% of the time would be
ideal, and (b) docs to help explain the implications of the decisions
involved, would be ideal.

Ted Neward
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: llvmdev-bounces at cs.uiuc.edu [mailto:llvmdev-bounces at cs.uiuc.edu]
> On Behalf Of Tanya M. Lattner
> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 11:41 AM
> To: LLVM Developers Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [LLVMdev] Bugs in Getting Started Guide
> 
> 
> > Maybe this adds to the confusion: that he has to make decisions
> > ("Where do I want the c-front end to live?") --- and at the same
> > time the new user is, ahem, 'new', so he can't see the
> > implications of such a decision.
> >
> > Maybe a cook-book-receive would be more helpful. Don't present
> > options to the user, but give him a 'quick' result to work with.
> >
> > $ wget http://this-file
> > $ wget http://that-file
> > $ tar xzf this-file
> > $ cd blah
> > $ tar xjf ../that-file
> > $ cd ..
> > $ ./configure --prefix=`pwd`/dist --some-more-options
> > $ make
> > $ PATH=dist/bin:$PATH
> > $ # now you can use llvm-gcc etc
> >
> > Do you want me to work out such a thing?
> 
> Well, I kinda think its important to indicate where to put llvm and
> llvm-gcc.. or at least tell the user to put it anywhere they want. From
> your example, I could see someone asking similar questions.. ie..
> "Should
> they be untarred in the same directory?"
> 
> Maybe someone else has an opinion?
> 
> -Tanya
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