[LLVMdev] Build failure: on Linux /x86

[Duncan Sands]

Hi,

> I downloaded llvm2.2 and got over with previous issue. Now a new error is
> being shown:
> 
> APInt.cpp:2017:   instantiated from here
> /home/guest/gcc4.3.0/install_gcc_4.3.0/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.3.0/../../../../include/c++/4.3.0/bits/ostream_insert.h:51:
> error: invalid use of incomplete type âstruct std::basic_ostream<char,
> std::char_traits<char> >â

I don't think it is possible to build llvm 2.2 using gcc-4.3.  Try using
gcc-4.2 or earlier.  I'm told that LLVM from svn builds with gcc-4.3.

I hope this helps,

Duncan.

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