[PATCH] D97902: [Driver] Clarify --gcc-toolchain

Nick Desaulniers via Phabricator via cfe-commits cfe-commits at lists.llvm.org
Thu Mar 4 09:46:11 PST 2021


nickdesaulniers added inline comments.


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Comment at: clang/docs/ClangCommandLineReference.rst:23
 
-Add <dir> to search path for binaries and object files used implicitly
+Search $prefix/$triple-$file and $prefix$file for executables, libraries, includes and data files used by the compiler. If $prefix is a directory, the directory is used to search for GCC installation on targets which commonly use GCC. The directory usually contains 'include' and 'lib'. If $prefix is not a directory, the GCC installation detection is skipped but $prefix can still be used to find executables, typically for -nostdinc -nostdlib compiles
 
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I like how `--gcc-toolchain` references `-B`; can `-B` also reference `--gcc-toolchain`? That way developers also understand their options when looking at either? Or should we move `--gcc-toolchain` to be closer to `-B`, since they're slightly similar?


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Comment at: clang/docs/ClangCommandLineReference.rst:259
 
-Use the gcc toolchain at the given directory
+Search for GCC installation in the specified directory, similar to -B<dir>.The directory usually contains 'lib' and 'include'.If specified, sysroot is not skipped for GCC detection
 
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Add whitespace after periods.


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Comment at: clang/include/clang/Driver/Options.td:603
+def B : JoinedOrSeparate<["-"], "B">, MetaVarName<"<prefix>">,
+    HelpText<"Search $prefix/$triple-$file and $prefix$file for executables, libraries, includes and data files used by the compiler. "
+    "If $prefix is a directory, the directory is used to search for GCC installation on targets which commonly use GCC. "
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s/includes/includes,/


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