[cfe-dev] PCRE compiles fines and passes the test suite :)

[Nuno Lopes]

>>>> P.S.2.: why isn't LLVM deployed to replace gcc? isn't it capable  to 
>>>> act
>>>> as a
>>>> drop-in replacement for gcc with the gcc front-end (for now)?
>>
>> Noone tackle this question.. My question is for real: can llvm  already 
>> be
>> used as a drop-in replacement of gcc or not? e.g. can I already  rebuild 
>> my
>> gentoo system (including the kernel) with llvm? :)
>
> If the question is "can llvm-gcc do absolutely everything that gcc can 
> do", the answer is no.  That said, the known problems are in mostly 
> obscure areas.  I would expect that you should be able to build a huge 
> percentage of your gentoo system with llvm-gcc, but probably not 100%.

Nice! So it seems I can start lobbying the gentoo devs to include llvm in 
the package tree and allow it to be used as an alternative to gcc.

Thanks,
Nuno