[llvm-dev] LLVM Releases

[Justin Clift via llvm-dev]

On 2019-07-01 00:22, Marty Itzkowitz via llvm-dev wrote:
> I saw an email about 8.0.1 being not quite out, and planning for 9.0.0.
> When is 8.0.1 supposed to come out?

Soon-ish.  Haven't seen any solid dates given recently, but 
guesstimating...
sometimes in the next week or two.

> I installed llvm at develop on x86 on March 30, and its clang says it is
> version 9.0.0 (trunk 357348).  I tried to do
> another spack install llvm at develop, but it said that I already had it
> installed.  Does that mean there
> were no changes since March 30, or does spack not look for any changes?

Wasn't sure what "spack" is, but looking around it seems to be a package
manager.  Probably best to ask them directly:

   https://github.com/spack/spack

> I also tried spack install llvm at develop on a POWER9  (ppc641e)
> machine, but I can not find a compiler that
> will compile it.  gcc 4.8.5 is reported as too old, and gcc 7.3.0 and
> 8.1.0 both fail in the same place:
> 
>  >> 9069    
> /home/msi3/hpct/spack/var/spack/stage/llvm-develop-iu3myet5ceoz4q7
>              
> k5twmk4dlths3aemz/spack-src/projects/libcxx/include/chrono:876:59:
>               error: '(9.223372036854775807e+18 / 1.0e+9)' is not a 
> constant ex
>              pression
> 
> Can anyone tell me what compiler to use, or how to get past this error?

With the gcc 4.8.5 being reported as too old, was that a warning or an
outright error + refusing to build?

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift