[cfe-dev] how to build my clang based tool

[Axel Naumann]

Hi Moataz,

On 2009-10-11 01:45, moataz ragab wrote:
> I have managed to get it the executable generated by adding my directory
> to the Makefile in clang/tools directory.

This is also what we do for our tool. Which reminds me that it would be
nice to have tools/Makefile and CMakeLists.txt automatically detect and
build additional tools. I'll suggest a patch.

> So the LLVM and Clang uses a mix of cmake and Makefiles? Can you give an
> abstract view of how the build process works?

LLVM can be built with either CMake or "../src/configure; make". They
are mostly equivalent.

Cheers, Axel.

> 
> On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 6:32 PM, moataz ragab <mtzrgb at gmail.com
> <mailto:mtzrgb at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     I would like to use the build system of llvm to build my tool that
>     is based on clang.
> 
>     I made a new directory under clang/tools with the name of the tool
>     "polyextract". I copied the CMakelist.txt and Makefile from the
>     clang-cc and modified them
>     I then configure from llvm trunk and make, but unfortunately I only
>     get the object file generated and no executable is generated in the
>     Debug/bin
> 
>     I would appreciate your help. Sorry I am not familiar with the build
>     systems.
> 
>     Attached are the files I modified
> 
>     Thanks
>     Moataz
> 
> 
> 
> 
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